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rower

/ˈɹəʊ.ə(ɹ)/

rower noun: one who rows.

Noun

rower (plural rowers)

  1. One who rows.
    • It had been a sort of race hitherto, and the rowers, with set teeth and compressed lips, had pulled stroke for stroke.1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter VI, in For the Term of His Natural Life
    • Upon her deck were rowers with dream-made oars, and the rowers were the people of men’s fancies, and princes of old story and people who had died, and people who had never been.1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 89
  2. A rowing machine.
    • Aerobic and weight training sessions should also complement each other. For example, on a day you work your upper body with weights, you can use a rower for aerobics.1988, Richard Allen Winett, Ageless athletes, page 65

rower meaning in Telugu, Kannada and Tagalog

rower in Telugu

రవర్

rower in Kannada

ಅಂಬಿಗ, ದೋಣಿ ನಡೆಸುವವನು, ಅಂಬಿಗಾಱ್, ಅಂಬಗ, ಅಂಬುಗ

rower in Tagalog

person who rows a boat
manggagaod

Forms of rower

pluralrowers

Plural of rower: rowers

Origin of rower

From Middle English rower, rowere, roware, equivalent to row + -er. Cognate with Dutch roeier (“rower”), Danish roer (“rower”), Norwegian roer (“rower”). Compare also Old English rōwend (“rower”).

Words formed from rower

Words that rhyme with rower

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Questions about rower

What does rower mean?
Rower means one who rows.
What is rower in Telugu?
Rower in Telugu is రవర్. See Rower meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is rower?
Rower is a noun.
How do you pronounce rower?
Rower is pronounced /ˈɹəʊ.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of rower?
The plural of rower is rowers.

Words near rower in the dictionary

  1. rowels
  2. rowen
  3. Rowena
  4. Rowenna
  5. rowens
  6. rower
  7. rower's high
  8. rowers
  9. rowest
  10. roweth
  11. Rowett

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rower (page history and authors); rower (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rower (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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