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#175618 04/06/2008 3:17 PM
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bowyer (BO-yuhr) noun

One who makes, sells, or uses bows.

Thus one would expect one who makes saws to be a sawyer and one who makes bow saws to be a bowyer sawyer

One who has seen him shaping a wooden bow might say he saw yer bowyer sawyer saw yer bow


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It goes for lawyer, though he/she doesn't make them.


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