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Definition of Bowyer
1. n. An archer; one who uses bow.
Definition of Bowyer
1. Proper noun. An English occupational surname for someone who made bows for archery. ¹
2. Noun. A person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows). ¹
3. Noun. (archaic) A person who uses the bow, an archer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bowyer
1. a maker of archery bows [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowyer
Literary usage of Bowyer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies by John Burke (1838)
"Sir James Bowyer dsp, when the DIGNITY w*er the first patent became ... Warwickshire,
and from this marriage descend the present CHARLES Bowyer Au ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"In the July of 1852 Bowyer entered parliament for the first time as MP for Dundalk,
which borough ... On 1 July I860 Bowyer succeeded his father as baronet. ..."
3. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"Last Night I was in company of Mr. Jonah Bowyer, of London, Bookseller, ... Mr.
Bowyer is 42 years old, as he said himself (being born in 1682), ..."
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