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Vinony

fowler

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊlɚ/ / /ˈfaʊlə(ɹ)/

name

Etymology: From fowler. The medical term is named after Dr. George Ryerson Fowler, the German surgeon developer of the position.

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a hunter of birds.
  2. A surname originating as an occupation for a hunter of birds.
  3. A locality on the Stikine River, north-west British Columbia, Canada.
  4. A locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.
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  13. An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  14. Fowler's position.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English foulere, fouler, from Old English fuglere (“fowler”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuglārī, equivalent to fowl + -er. Doublet of veuglaire.

  1. A hunter of wildfowl.

    “Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped”

    “Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]”