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Hightower

Hightower proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Hightower (plural Hightowers)

  1. A surname.
    • A third man, Rodolfo Godinez, 24, a legal resident who immigrated from Nicaragua, and three teenagers also face murder and robbery charges for the shooting deaths of Iofemi Hightower, 20; Dashon Harvey, 20; and Terrance Aeriel, 18, on Aug. 4 behind the Mount Vernon School. Mr. Aeriel’s sister...2007 August 21, Kareem Fahim, “Presidential Candidate Blames Killings on Newark Sanctuary Policy”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2019
    • It’s telling that Otto Hightower dubs the late king “Viserys the Peaceful” because the flip side of his near-bloodless 26-year reign is the brutal civil war that will follow. […] It’s as grand a spectacle as the Hightowers (and House of the Dragon’s VFX team) can cook up, as thousands of bodies are...2022 October 16, Jenna Scherer, “An enticing House Of The Dragon crowns Westeros' new ruler”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2024

Forms of Hightower

pluralHightowers

Origin of Hightower

By surface analysis, high + tower.

Questions about Hightower

What does Hightower mean?
Hightower means a surname.
What part of speech is Hightower?
Hightower is a proper noun.

Words near Hightower in the dictionary

  1. hightobies
  2. hightoby
  3. Highton
  4. hightop
  5. hightops
  6. Hightower
  7. Hightowers
  8. Hightown
  9. hights
  10. Hightstown
  11. hightum

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