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A surname originating as an occupation for a hunter of birds.
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A surname originating as an occupation for a hunter of birds.
H. W. Fowler, British lexicographer and commentator on usage of the English language.
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A locality on the Stikine River, north-west British Columbia, Canada.
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A locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.
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A number of places in the United States:
A city in Fresno County, California.
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A number of places in the United States:
A statutory town in Otero County, Colorado.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois.
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A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Benton County, Indiana.
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A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Meade County, Kansas.
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A number of places in the United States:
A village in Clinton County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri.
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name
A number of places in the United States:
A town in St. Lawrence County, New York.
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An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Fowler's position.
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Topics: medicine, sciences
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A hunter of wildfowl.
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someone who hunts wild birds for food
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Broader terms: hunter, huntsman
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English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933)
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Synonyms: Henry Watson Fowler
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Broader terms: lexicographer, lexicologist
History
From fowler. The medical term is named after Dr. George Ryerson Fowler, the German surgeon developer of the position.
From Middle English foulere, fouler, from Old English fuglere (“fowler”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuglārī, equivalent to fowl + -er. Doublet of veuglaire.
Across languages
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