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• howe
  howe

  noun

  a hole.
• Howe
  Howe

  noun

  E(dgar) W(atson), 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.

howe

¹ American  

[hou] / haʊ /

Or how

noun

1. a hole.

2. the hold of a ship.

3. a hollow; dell.

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adjective

1. hollow.

2. deep.

Howe ² American  

[hou] / haʊ /

noun

1. E(dgar) W(atson), 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.

2. Elias, 1819–67, U.S. inventor of the sewing machine.

3. Gordon Gordie, 1928–2016, Canadian ice-hockey player.

4. Irving, 1920–93, U.S. social historian and literary critic.

5. Julia Ward, 1819–1910, U.S. writer and reformer: author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic (wife of Samuel Gridley Howe).

6. Richard Earl HoweBlack Dick, 1726–99, British admiral (brother of William Howe).

7. Samuel Gridley 1801–76, U.S. surgeon and humanitarian.

8. William, 5th Viscount, 1729–1814, British general in the American Revolutionary War.

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Howe ¹ British  

/ haʊ /

noun

1. Elias. 1819–67, US inventor of the sewing machine (1846)

2. Gordon , known as Gordie . born 1928, US ice-hockey player, who scored1071 goals in a professional career lasting 32 years.

3. Howe of Aberavon, Baron, title of ( Richard Edward ) Geoffrey Howe . born 1926, British Conservative politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer (1979–83); foreign secretary (1983–89); deputy prime minister (1989–90)

4. Richard, 4th Viscount Howe. 1726–99, British admiral: served (1776–78) in the War of American Independence and commanded the Channel fleet against France, winning the Battle of the Glorious First of June (1794)

5. his brother, William, 5th Viscount Howe. 1729–1814, British general; commander in chief (1776–78) of British forces in the War of American Independence

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howe ² British  

/ haʊ /

noun

1. dialect a depression in the earth's surface, such as a basin or valley

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Etymology

Origin of howe

1325–75; Middle English (north and Scots), alteration of holl; see hollow

Example Sentences

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In the fourth chapter of the first booke, I did promise particularly to declare howe many kinges haue beene in this kingdome, and their names.

From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza

Your grace may se whate a worke there is in London, howe the bisshoppe rageth for endyting of certayn curates of extorcion and incontinency the last yere in the warmoll quest.

From A Supplication for the Beggars by Simon Fish

Of the examination of such whome they preferre to the degree of Loytia, which is with vs the degree of a doctor: and howe they doo commence them, and howe they doo beare him companie.

From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza

"Dead!" quoth I, "howe dyed they, for wante of cherishinge, or of paynefull diseases?"

From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by John Awdeley

Wyth many a sighe, she went her waye, To se howe she made herselff so gay, To walke, to se, and to be sene, And so out-faced the hathorne grene.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

Howe was impressed and recommended her for the “Shameless” writers room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

He worked with Newcastle's current head coach, Matthias Jaissle, who took over from Eddie Howe this summer.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Howe has one of the hardest jobs in Hollywood — finding must-see scripted programs that keep Netflix’s subscribers watching.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Chief Executive Doug Howe said the company is making progress on its strategic plans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

One of the most complicated deceptions Washington ever put together came after Howe occupied Philadelphia.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen