Etymology

bowyer

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Today it means: A person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows). Full definition →

Middle English bowyere
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombowyere
  2. English todaybowyer

From Middle English bowyere, bowȝere, variant forms of bowere (“bowyer”), equivalent to bow + -yer.

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