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English
Etymology 1
Various origins:
- English metonymic occupational surname for a sawyer, from saw. Compare Sawyer.
- Borrowed from Hindi साव (sāv); this surname is predominantly found in Jharkhand state.
- Borrowed from Burmese စော (cau:), a nickname meaning "honorable".
Proper noun
Saw (plural Saws)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Saw is the 33121st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 691 individuals. Saw is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (80.75%) and White (13.46%) individuals.
Etymology 2
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Noun
Saw (plural Saws)
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) A Bahamian.
1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial, published 2000, page 154:Since Tea Cake and Janie had friended with the Bahaman workers in the ’Glades, they, the “Saws,” had been gradually drawn into the American crowd.
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