Cowan Definition

noun

A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.

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(freemasonry) A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees.

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(slang) A sneak; an inquisitive or prying person.

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(in attributive use) Uninitiated, outside, “profane”

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(Scotland, obsolete, rare) A fishing-boat.

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Other Word Forms of Cowan

Noun

Singular:
cowan
Plural:
cowans

Origin of Cowan

  • First attested in 1722; perhaps from the Scottish Gaelic cobhan (“coffer”, “box”, “ark”).

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  • First attested in 1598.

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Cowan Sentence Examples

  • Ewing and Cowan looked carefully for it, especially in weak fields, but failed to discover anything of the kind.'

  • Cowan's Honey Bee (2nd ed., 1904), are invaluable to the naturalist, and contain extensive bibliographies of Apis.

  • The frame cases - wired on both sides - are hung at the angles of a revolving ring of iron, and the reversing process is so simple and effective that the " Cowan " reversible frame has been adopted in all the best machines.

  • The latest form of honey extractor used in America is that known as the " Four-frame A Cowan."

  • In this, and indeed in all extractors used in large sb apiaries, the " Cowan " or re versible frame principle is used.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOW

Words Ending With

NANWAN

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Words Starting With C and Ending With N

Starts With C & Ends With NStarts With CO & Ends With NStarts With C & Ends With AN

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With C5 Letter Words Ending With N