Saw

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See also: saw, SAW, sAw, s'aw, and šaw

English

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Alternative forms

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  • (Hindi surname): Sawh

Etymology 1

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Various origins:

Proper noun

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Saw (plural Saws)

  1. A surname.
Statistics
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  • 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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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Saw (plural Saws)

  1. (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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