Bower definition
An example of bower is an arbor covered with vining flowers.
An example of bower is the room where a bride would get dressed for her wedding.
An example of bower is a small private house where a newly wedded couple would go for their honeymoon.
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Origin of bower
- Middle English bour a dwelling from Old English būr bheuə- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English boueer, from Old English būr, ġebūr (“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”) and Middle Dutch bouwer (“farmer, builder, peasant”); both from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“dweller”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to dwell”). Cognate with German Bauer (“peasant, builder”), Dutch boer, buur, and Albanian burrë (“man, husband”). See boor, neighbor.
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- From Old English būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz. Cognate with German Bauer (“birdcage”), Old Norse búr (Danish bur, Swedish bur (“cage”)).
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- From the bow of a ship
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