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Cowan

Cow"an\ (kou"an), n. [Cf. OF. couillon a coward, a cullion.] One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship. [Scot.]

Note: Among Freemasons, it is a cant term for pretender, interloper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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