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Definition of Cowan
1. n. One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship.
Definition of Cowan
1. Noun. A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship. ¹
2. Noun. (freemasonry} A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees. ¹
3. Noun. (slang) A (sneak); an (inquisitive) or (pry prying) person. ¹
4. Noun. (context: in attributive use) (uninitiated), (outside), “(profane)” ¹
5. Noun. (Scottish obsolete rare) A (fishing)-(boat). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cowan
1. someone who makes dry-stone walls [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cowan
Literary usage of Cowan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and by John Foster Kirk, Samuel Austin Allibone (1891)
"cowan, Frank, MD, b. 1844 ; admitted to the bar in 1865; a secretary to President
Johnson in 1866, ... cowan, John, MD 1. The Science of a New Life. Illust. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1903)
"Millard F. Snider, for appellant Doris & Doris, for appellees McWHORTER, J.
Arthur cowan was the owner of three tracts of land In Harrison county, ..."
3. Cases Decided in the Court of Session by Scotland Court of Session, Patrick Shaw, Scotland, Court of Session (1836)
"An action was r»i»ed in the Court of Session, in name of cowan and five others,
but without the authority of cowan: after a record was closed, cowan lodged ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of Chancery of by William C.. Smedes, Mississippi Superior Court of Chancery, Superior Court of Chancery, Thomas Alexander Marshall, Mississippi (1844)
"JOHN cowan, et al. DB NAYLER, et al. v. AM PAYNE, et al. The neglect of the
complainants to have process served, is iust ground for dissolving an injunction ..."
5. Murder Will Out: The First Step in Crime Leads to the Gallows. The Horrors by William L. De Beck (1867)
"He was as once placed on trial for the murder of Mary cowan, his wife, ...
cowan was hung in Barr's woods, somewhere near the site of the Atlantic and Great ..."
6. The American Monthly Magazine by Daughters of the American Revolution (1896)
"Mrs. cowan was born in New York City, and was a descendant of David ... Mrs.
cowan became a member of the National Society Daughters of the American ..."
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