Bower

  • 11Bower — Bow er, n. [From {Bough}, cf. {Brancher}.] (Falconry) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …

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  • 12Bower [1] — Bower (engl., spr. Bauer), im Mittelalter freier Bauer in England …

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  • 13Bower [2] — Bower (spr. Bauer), geb. zu Dundee in Schottland; studirte in Douay, ging nach Rom, wurde Jesuit u. später Beisitzer der Inquisition zu Macerata; um 1726 trater in England zur Evangelischen Kirche über u. arbeitete mit an der großen… …

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  • 14Bower — † Bower, Archibald, englischer Historiker, war geboren 1686, wurde 1747 bei der Bibliothek der Königin angestellt u. st. 6. Sept. 1766 in London …

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  • 15bower — ► NOUN 1) a pleasant shady place under trees. 2) literary a lady s private room. 3) literary a summer house or country cottage. ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 16bower — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a secluded place, esp. in a garden, enclosed by foliage; an arbour. b a summer house. 2 poet. an inner room; a boudoir. v.tr. poet. embower. Derivatives: bowery adj. Etymology: OE bur f. Gmc 2. n. (in full bower anchor) either… …

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  • 17Böwer — Thomas Böwer (* 28. April 1960 in Münster) ist ein deutscher Politiker der SPD und Mitglied der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Politik 3 Literatur 4 …

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  • 18bower — I. /ˈbaʊə / (say bowuh) noun 1. a leafy shelter or recess; an arbour. 2. the short alley of twigs and vegetation decorated with manufactured and natural objects, often blue, made by certain male bowerbirds. 3. Poetic a chamber; a boudoir. –verb… …

  • 19Bower — This most interesting surname has a number of possible origins, all of Anglo Saxon derivation. The first of these is topographical from residence in a small cottage, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century word bur , bower, cottage, inner… …

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  • 20bower — bower1 bowerlike, adj. /bow euhr/, n. 1. a leafy shelter or recess; arbor. 2. a rustic dwelling; cottage. 3. a lady s boudoir in a medieval castle. v.t. 4. to enclose in or as in a bower; embower. [bef. 900; ME bour, OE bur chamber; c. ON bur… …

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