Definition of Prower

1. Adjective. (obsolete) comparative form of prow. ¹

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Definition of Prower

1. prow [adj] - See also: prow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prower

provolones
provost
provost court
provost guard
provost marshal
provostal
provostorial
provosts
provostship
provostships
provosty
prow
prowar
prowd
prowdly
prower (current term)
prowess
prowesses
prowest
prowfishes
prowhaling
prowhite
prowl
prowl car
prowled
prowler
prowlers
prowlike
prowling

Literary usage of Prower

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fasciculus Mervinensis, notes historical, genealogical, and heraldic of the by William Richard Drake (1873)
"The only issue of the marriage of John Mervin prower and Susannah Coles was ... Major prower was High Sheriff of Wilts, 1862-3, and married 5 July 1844, ..."

2. Chambers's New Reciter by Israel Zangwill (1901)
"JEM prower. In a snug country village remote from a town, Our quiet old vicar had long settled down. An old college Fellow, he knew nothing more Of the ..."

3. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain by Sir Bernard Burke (1863)
"Mr. prower is major in the royal Wilts militia, a magistrate and DL for that ... Major prower s. as heir-at-law to the property of the ancient family of the ..."

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