rower

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UK/ˈɹəʊ.ə(ɹ)/

noun

One who rows.

OriginMiddle English rower →
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Meanings

nounrower (plural rowers)

plural rowers

  1. One who rows.

    It had been a sort of race hitherto, and the rowers, with set teeth and compressed lips, had pulled stroke for stroke.

    1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter VI, in For the Term of His Natural Life
    1 more example

    Upon her deck were rowers with dream-made oars, and the rowers were the people of men’s fancies, and princes of old story and people who had died, and people who had never been.

    1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 89
  2. A rowing machine.

    Aerobic and weight training sessions should also complement each other. For example, on a day you work your upper body with weights, you can use a rower for aerobics.

    1988, Richard Allen Winett, Ageless athletes, page 65

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
oarsmansculler

Origin

  1. Middle Englishrower
  2. Englishrower

From Middle English rower, rowere, roware, equivalent to row + -er. Cognate with Dutch roeier (“rower”), Danish roer (“rower”), Norwegian roer (“rower”). Compare also Old English rōwend (“rower”).

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἐρέτης
  • ἐρέτης (erétēs)person who rows a boat
Bulgarian гребец
  • гребец (grebec)person who rows a boat
Catalan remador, remer
  • remadorperson who rows a boat
  • remerperson who rows a boat
Chinese Mandarin 划手
  • 划手 (huáshǒu)person who rows a boat
Czech veslař
  • veslařperson who rows a boat
Esperanto remisto
  • remistoperson who rows a boat
Finnish soutaja
  • soutajaperson who rows a boat
French rameur
  • rameurperson who rows a boat
German Ruderer
  • Rudererperson who rows a boat
Greek κωπηλάτης
  • κωπηλάτης (kopilátis)person who rows a boat
Hebrew חוֹתֵר, מְשׁוֹטָאי
  • חוֹתֵר (khoter)person who rows a boat
  • מְשׁוֹטָאי (meshotay)person who rows a boat
Hungarian evezős
  • evezősperson who rows a boat
Irish iomróir
  • iomróirperson who rows a boat
Italian rematore, rematrice
  • rematoreperson who rows a boat
  • rematriceperson who rows a boat
Latin rēmex
  • rēmexperson who rows a boat
Māori kaihoe
  • kaihoeperson who rows a boat
Norwegian Bokmål roer
  • roerperson who rows a boat
Polish wioślarz, wioślarka
  • wioślarzperson who rows a boat
  • wioślarkaperson who rows a boat
  • bębniarzperson who rows a boat
Portuguese remador, remeiro
  • remadorperson who rows a boat
  • remeiroperson who rows a boat
Romanian vâslaș, vâslitor
  • vâslașperson who rows a boat
  • vâslitorperson who rows a boat
  • canotorperson who rows a boat
Russian гребе́ц
  • гребе́ц (grebéc)person who rows a boat
Spanish remero, remador
  • remeroperson who rows a boat
  • remadorperson who rows a boat
  • bogaperson who rows a boat
  • bogadorperson who rows a boat
  • alier (desus.)person who rows a boat
Tagalog manggagaod
  • manggagaodperson who rows a boat
Turkish kürekçi
  • kürekçiperson who rows a boat

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with rower

lowersewerslowerblowermowerbowergoerdowersowerglowerdougherowwerstoregoer
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Anagrams

rerow
Cite this entry
APA

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Chicago

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