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Bow⋅ers

  [bou-erz]
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Claude Ger⋅nade  [zher-nahd] , 1878–1958, U.S. diplomat and historian.
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bow⋅er

1  [bou-er]
–noun
1. a leafy shelter or recess; arbor.
2. a rustic dwelling; cottage.
3. a lady's boudoir in a medieval castle.
–verb (used with object)
4. to enclose in or as in a bower; embower.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME bour, OE būr chamber; c. ON būr pantry, G Bauer birdcage; akin to neighbor

Related forms:
bow⋅er⋅like, adjective

bow⋅er

2  [bou-er]
–noun Nautical.
an anchor carried at a ship's bow.
Also called bower anchor.

Origin:
1645–55; bow 3 + -er 1

bow⋅er

3  [bou-er]
–noun
a person or thing that bows or bends.
Origin:
1590–1600; bow 1 + -er 1

bow⋅er

4  [boh-er]
–noun Music.
a musician, as a violinist, who performs with a bow on a stringed instrument.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see bow 2 , -er 1
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bow·er 1   (bou'ər)   
n.  

  1. A shaded, leafy recess; an arbor.

  2. A woman's private chamber in a medieval castle; a boudoir.

  3. A rustic cottage; a country retreat.

tr.v.   bow·ered, bow·er·ing, bow·ers
To enclose in or as if in a bower; embower.

[Middle English bour, a dwelling, from Old English būr; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]
bow'er·y adj.
bow·er 2   (bou'ər)   
n.   Nautical
An anchor carried at the bow.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

bower 
O.E. bur "room, hut, dwelling," from P.Gmc. *buraz (cf. Ger. bauer "birdcage"), from base *bu- "to dwell." Modern spelling developed after 1350. Sense of "leafy arbor" (place closed in by trees) is first attested 1523. Hence, too, Australia's bower-bird (1847). New York City's Bowery (1787) was originally a homestead farm (Du. bowerij); used attributively for its squalor since 1840.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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