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Definition of Bowie
1. Noun. United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836).
Definition of Bowie
1. Proper noun. (surname) ¹
2. Noun. A Bowie knife ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowie
Literary usage of Bowie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Spanish Literature by George Ticknor (1863)
"John Bowie, a clergyman in a small village near Salisbury, who gave fourteen
years of unwearied labor to prepare it for the press; studying, as the basis of ..."
2. Baltimore: Its History and Its People by Clayton Colman Hall, Lewis Historical Publishing Co (1912)
"Mr. Bowie enjoys the rather unique distinction of being the fourth member of ...
Mr. Bowie is a staunch Democrat in politics, and a member of the Baltimore ..."
3. Biographical Sketches of the Bench and Bar of South Carolina by John Belton O'Neall (1859)
"GEORGE Bowie. George Bowie was once an eminent and leading lawyer on the ...
I suppose Mr. George Bowie was admitted in the Circuit Court for Ninety-Six. ..."
4. The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland: A Genealogical by Joshua Dorsey Warfield (1905)
"William Ducket and Eliza (Oden) Bowie, the former of Scotch and the latter ...
Colonel Bowie represented Prince George County in the House of Delegates and ..."
5. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1900)
"The following letters to Captain John Bowie of the Revolutionary army comprise
... Bowie was captain of the Fifth South Carolina regiment and was in command ..."
6. Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia, with the by Helen West Ridgely (1908)
"Washington Bowie, son of Allen and Ruth Bowie, born 12 August; died 12 April ...
Margaret Crab Bowie, wife of Washington Bowie, daughter of Thomas and Sarah ..."
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