rower en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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One who rows.
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: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:
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (46)
he חוֹתֵר (person who rows a boat) · cmn 划手 (person who rows a boat) · cs veslař (person who rows a boat) · pl bębniarz (person who rows a boat) · es alier (desus.) (person who rows a boat) · ka მენიჩბე (person who rows a boat) · gl remador (person who rows a boat) · hu evezős (person who rows a boat) · fi soutaja (person who rows a boat) · de Ruderer (person who rows a boat) · la rēmex (person who rows a boat) · he מְשׁוֹטָאי (person who rows a boat) · ro vâslitor (person who rows a boat) · gl remeiro (person who rows a boat) · ca remer (person who rows a boat) · ota كوركجی (person who rows a boat) · pt remador (person who rows a boat) · az avarçəkən (person who rows a boat) · fr rameur (person who rows a boat) · es remador (person who rows a boat) · mi kaihoe (person who rows a boat) · ru гребе́ц (person who rows a boat) · grc ἐρέτης (person who rows a boat) · nb roer (person who rows a boat) · bg гребец (person who rows a boat) · pl wioślarka (person who rows a boat) · es bogador (person who rows a boat) · ang rōwend (person who rows a boat) · es boga (person who rows a boat) · tl manggagaod (person who rows a boat) · eo remisto (person who rows a boat) · ca remador (person who rows a boat) · mk веслач (person who rows a boat) · ro canotor (person who rows a boat) · tr kürekçi (person who rows a boat) · ga iomróir (person who rows a boat) · pl wioślarz (person who rows a boat) · az kürəkçi (person who rows a boat) · el κωπηλάτης (person who rows a boat) · it rematore (person who rows a boat) · it rematrice (person who rows a boat) · alt кайыкчы (person who rows a boat) · ro vâslaș (person who rows a boat) · pt remeiro (person who rows a boat) · az avarçı (person who rows a boat) · es remero (person who rows a boat)