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rower

  • a word derived from row.
    row
    noun
    a number of persons or things arranged in a line, especially a straight line.

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The elite American rower arrived at 742-year-old Peterhouse college last fall having won the women’s coxless four at the 2025 World Championships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Thanks to her technical prowess, VanderMeer took the stroke seat, the rower in the stern who sets the rhythm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Rand, whose first husband was British rower Sydney Rand, also won long jump gold at the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Jamaica.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

They were no match for the New Zealand-born and Australia-raised second rower.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

One was rowing, so the other could look forward, and as soon as he saw Malcolm in the canoe, he said something to the rower, who turned to look.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman