Gower

[gou-er, gawr, gohr]

noun

John,1325?–1408, English poet.

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Historical Examples of gower

I've sold up every stick and stone, and I've taken a house in Gower Street.
Young Mr. Barter's Repentance
David Christie Murray
Gower's balloon was found floating on the ocean, but Eloy's balloon was not found.
The Book of the Damned
Charles Fort
"They travaile in every londe," says Gower of them, in his "Confessio Amantis," ed.
A Literary History of the English People
Jean Jules Jusserand
Gower then decides to withdraw, and make, as he says, "beau retraite."
A Literary History of the English People
Jean Jules Jusserand
A view of Gower's tomb is in my "Piers Plowman," 1894, p. 46.
A Literary History of the English People
Jean Jules Jusserand

British Dictionary definitions for gower

Gower

noun

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

Gower

noun

David (Ivon). born 1957, English cricketer: played in 117 test matches (1978–1992), 32 as captain; scored 8,231 test runs

John. ?1330–1408, English poet, noted particularly for his tales of love, the Confessio Amantis

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