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fowler

1

[ fou-ler ]

noun

  1. a hunter of birds.


Fowler

2

[ fou-ler ]

noun

  1. Henry H(am·ill) [ham, -, uh, l], 1908–2000, U.S. lawyer and government official: secretary of the Treasury 1965–68.
  2. Henry Watson, 1858–1933, English lexicographer.

Fowler

/ ˈfaʊlə /

noun

  1. FowlerHenry Watson18581933MEnglishLANGUAGE: lexicographerLANGUAGE: grammarian Henry Watson . 1858–1933, English lexicographer and grammarian; compiler of Modern English Usage (1926)


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fowler1

before 900; Middle English foweler, Old English fughelere. See fowl, -er 1

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Example Sentences

Towards the end of Captivated, Fowler sat down with the filmmakers for an interview.

Fowler elaborated that none of the offensively-sloganed shirts had ever sold.

In 2008 he was behind the kidnapping of two Canadians, one of whom was the former U.N. Niger envoy Robert Fowler.

Last season on The Big Bang Theory, Amy Farrah Fowler got her tiara.

Fowler said she was still unsure whether a new primary could be held.

This morning the judge Advocate Fowler came to see me, and he and I sat talking till it was time to go to the office.

Then the fowler took him back to the barber, and related the manner of his capture, receiving a good reward.

"But, mother," the little girl would sob protestingly, and then Mrs. Fowler's decided voice would silence her.

Fowler quit in 1839, and was succeeded by Emanuel Harr, who conducted the house for many years.

The case, however, was different with a train ferry which was vigorously advocated by Sir John Fowler.

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