Associations to the word «Cowan»

Wiktionary

COWAN, noun. A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.
COWAN, noun. (freemasonry) A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees.
COWAN, noun. (slang) A sneak; an inquisitive or pry person.
COWAN, noun. (in attributive use) uninitiated, outside, “profane”
COWAN, noun. (Scottish) (obsolete) (rare) A fishing-boat.
COWAN, proper noun. A surname​.
COWAN, proper noun. A town in New South Wales
COWAN, proper noun. A CDP in California
COWAN, proper noun. A town in Indiana
COWAN, proper noun. A city in Tennessee

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.