Fowler Definition

foulər
proper name
1858-1933; Eng. lexicographer & arbiter of linguistic usage.
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pronoun

An occupational surname​ for a hunter of birds.

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The Fowler's position.
Wiktionary
noun
Fowler is the last name of Henry Watson Fowler, a linguistic professional of the 19th and early 20th century.
An example of Fowler is a British lexicographer who wrote several dictionaries.
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A hunter of wildfowl.

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Synonyms:
Henry Watson Fowler
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Other Word Forms of Fowler

Noun

Singular:
fowler
Plural:
fowlers

Origin of Fowler

  • Named after Dr. George Ryerson Fowler, the German surgeon developer of the position

    From Wiktionary

  • fowl +‎ -er

    From Wiktionary

Fowler Sentence Examples

  • The story that he received the surname of "Fowler" because the nobles, sent to inform him of his election to the throne, found him engaged in laying snares for the birds, appears to be mythical.

  • Warde Fowler in the same periodical (1906, p. 529).

  • In 1860 he founded at Hunslet, Leeds, the firm of Fowler & Co., manufacturers of agricultural machinery, traction engines, &c. He died at Ackworth, Yorkshire, on the 4th of December 1864.

  • At Pirna (and Lilien stein) in 1756 he caught the entire Saxon army in his fowler's net, after driving back at Lobositz the Austrian forces which were hastening to their asistance; but only nine months later he lost his reputation for " invincibility " by his crushing defeat at Kolin, where the great highway from Vienna to Dresden crosses the Elbe.

  • With Fowler's hydraulic arrangement 2000 tons are raised 600 yds.

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