Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cowanis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cow-a-nis
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of cowan (“a worker in unmortared stone, an unapprenticed stonemason”)

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Item That na Maister or Fallow-of-Craft ressave ony cowanis to wirk in his societie or cumpanye nor send nane of his servands to wirk wt cowanis vnder the paine of twentie pundis so often as ony persone offendis heirintill."

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does cowanis mean?: plural of cowan (“a worker in unmortared stone, an unapprenticed stonemason”)

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