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Fowler is the last name of Henry Watson Fowler, a linguistic professional of the 19th and early 20th century.

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An example of Fowler is a British lexicographer who wrote several dictionaries.

See Fowler in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Fowler, H(enry) W(atson) 1858-1933; Eng. lexicographer & arbiter of linguistic usage

See Fowler in American Heritage Dictionary 4

British lexicographer who collaborated with his brother Francis (1870-1918) on The King's English (1906) and the Concise Oxford Dictionary (1911). He also wrote A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926).

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