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bowyers

bowyers is the plural of bowyer.

Meaning of bowyer

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of a former act directing the bowyers of London and Westminster to make four bows of different wood for one of yew, was repealed on their representation that the citizens of London would use none but yew bows, and in its place they were ordered always to have by them at least fifty bows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

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Questions about bowyers

What is bowyers the plural of?
Bowyers is the plural of bowyer.

Words near bowyers in the dictionary

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

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