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bowerland

bowerland noun: a rural area; farmland; bowery.

Noun

bowerland (plural not attested)

  1. (archaic, no plural, rare) A rural area; farmland; bowery.
    • When Peter Stuyvesant became director-general of New Netherlands in 1647 by appointment of the Dutch West India Company, he resided on his farm, or bowery, which name the place retains to this day, though the scent of roses has long since left it. Later this same bowerland was the center of...1896, Hubert Howe Bancroft, The Book of Wealth
    • The Grey Bower has woodwork of white, with grey walls decorated with a bowerland of rose and fuchsia, and having an undergrowth of blue-bells.1905, The Studio, volume 36, numbers 151-154, page 120

Origin of bowerland

From Middle English bureland, borlond, burlond, from Old English būrland, ġebūrland (“land occupied by farmers; farmland”), equivalent to bower (“peasant; farmer”) + land.

Questions about bowerland

What does bowerland mean?
Bowerland means a rural area; farmland; bowery.
What part of speech is bowerland?
Bowerland is a noun.

Words near bowerland in the dictionary

  1. Bowerchalke
  2. bowered
  3. boweries
  4. boweriest
  5. bowering
  6. bowerland
  7. bowerless
  8. bowerlet
  9. bowerlets
  10. bowerly
  11. Bowerman

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