Ewer Definition

yo͝oər
ewers
noun
ewers
A pitcher, especially a decorative one with a base, an oval body, and a flaring spout.
American Heritage
A large water pitcher with a wide mouth.
Webster's New World

A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle.

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Noun

Singular:
ewer
Plural:
ewers

Origin of Ewer

  • Middle English euer from Anglo-Norman from Vulgar Latin aquāria from Latin aquārius of water from aqua water akw-ā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Anglo-Norman ewer, eawer (= Old French aiguiere), from Vulgar Latin *aquāria, from Latin aqua (“water”).

    From Wiktionary

Ewer Sentence Examples

  • Picture shows ewer from the British Museum The British Museum has a handful of ancient materials from Afghanistan starting from 190 180 BC.

  • Greg Ewer, a classically trained violinist, also plays with HSO.

  • The typical bas relief, which is found in great abundance in the museums of Europe, invariably represents Mithras, under the form of a youth with conical cap and flying drapery, slaying the sacred bull, the scorpion attacking the genitals of the animal, the serpent drinking its blood, the dog springing towards the wound in its side, and frequently, in addition, the Sun-god, his messenger the raven, a fig-tree, a lion, a ewer, and torch-bearers.

  • The object of his choice (or rather of his second choice, for an earlier project of marriage had shortly before fallen through) was a Miss Jane Ewer, the daughter of a gentleman in Hertfordshire.

  • By command of Zeus she carries in a ewer water from the Styx, with which she puts to sleep all who perjure themselves.

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