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Tower en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (attributive, from its later association with the English mint at the Tower of London) Denoting the system of weights used by the Saxon and Norman English kings in their minting of coins.

Deriveds

Tower pound (Tower of London mint) · Tower ounce (Tower of London mint)

Tower en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (UK, countable, uncountable, with 'the') The Tower of London, especially seen as a place of imprisonment or punishment.
    • Traitors should be sent to the Tower!
  2. (countable) A habitational surname.; Alternative form of Towers.
  3. (countable, uncountable) A city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Towers Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Tower musket (Tower of London) · sent to the Tower (Tower of London)

Translations (2)

sv Towern (Tower of London) · cmn 倫敦塔 /伦敦塔 (Tower of London)