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

bowstringed
bowstringing
bowstrings
bowstrung
bowtel
bowtels
bowtie
bowtied
bowties
bowwow
bowwowed
bowwowing
bowwows
bowyang
bowyangs
bowyer
bowyers
box-like heart
box-number
box-office
box-office bomb
box-office bombs
box-offices
box-spring
box-springs
box-ticking
box-to-box midfielder
box-to-box midfielders
box-turtle

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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