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bowyer

UK/ˈbəʊ.jə(ɹ)//ˈbɔɪ.ɚ/

bowyer noun: a person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows).

Noun

bowyer (plural bowyers)

  1. A person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows).
    • A clause of a former act directing the bowyers of London and Westminster to make four bows of different wood for one of yew, was repealed on their representation that the citizens of London would use none but yew bows, and in its place they were ordered always to have by them at least fifty bows of...1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, pages 38–39
    Synonyms:
    bow maker, fletcher
  2. (archaic) A person who uses the bow, an archer.
    Synonyms:
    archer, bowman

Proper noun capitalized: Bowyer

Bowyer

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who made bows for archery.
    • Dr. Werthimer recalled that Dr. Bowyer and his wife, Jane Baker Bowyer, an education professor at nearby Mills College, had cultivated a Japanese garden in their backyard, “the most serene place you could imagine,” and also attended Burning Man.2020 October 15, Dennis Overbye, “Stuart Bowyer, Astronomer Who Lent His Ear to the Cosmos, Dies at 86”, in The New York Times

Synonyms of bowyer

Forms of bowyer

pluralbowyers
alternative formbowier

Plural of bowyer: bowyers

Origin of bowyer

From Middle English bowyere, bowȝere, variant forms of bowere (“bowyer”), equivalent to bow + -yer.

Questions about bowyer

What does bowyer mean?
Bowyer means a person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows).
What part of speech is bowyer?
Bowyer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bowyer?
Bowyer is pronounced /ˈbəʊ.jə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of bowyer?
The plural of bowyer is bowyers.

Words near bowyer in the dictionary

  1. bowwowed
  2. bowwowing
  3. bowwows
  4. bowyang
  5. bowyangs
  6. bowyer
  7. bowyers
  8. bowyery
  9. box
  10. box and cox
  11. box and lock

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