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Gower

[ gou-er, gawr, gohr ]

noun

  1. John, 1325?–1408, English poet.


Gower

1

/ ˈɡaʊə /

noun

  1. GowerDavid (Ivon)1957MEnglishSPORT AND GAMES: cricketer David ( Ivon ). born 1957, English cricketer: played in 117 test matches (1978–1992), 32 as captain; scored 8,231 test runs
  2. GowerJohn?13301408MEnglishWRITING: poet John. ?1330–1408, English poet, noted particularly for his tales of love, the Confessio Amantis


Gower

2

/ ˈɡaʊə /

noun

  1. the Gower
    the Gower a peninsula in S Wales, in Swansea county on the Bristol Channel: mainly agricultural with several resorts

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Example Sentences

“We shoot at Sunset Gower Studios, and you can see the street through the gate,” he says.

I would go back and forth between Sunset Gower Studios [where Scandal films] and our cutting room in the back.

What drew you to John Gower as someone who could be the main character of a novel?

Neighbor Rick Gower, 52, knew Elkus as a friendly man who was often seen riding his bike to the grocery story.

Gower uses ne bede in the same sense; 'That I ne bede never awake'; Conf.

It is worth notice, that the whole story is also in Gower's Confessio Amantis, bk.

I should hesitate to accept this form instead of the usual beholde, but for its occurrence in Gower, Conf.

Gower relates how Diogenes reproved Alexander for his lust of conquest; Conf.

It was quite out of his own way to go all along Gower street and eastward down the Euston Road, yet that was what he did.

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