Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cowan

/ˈkəʊən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
co-wan
IPA
/ˈkəʊən/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.

noun

A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees.

noun

A sneak; an inquisitive or prying person.

Slang

noun

Uninitiated, outside, “profane”.

noun

A fishing-boat.

Obsolete

name

A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic; an anglicization of mac Eoghainn (“son of Ewen”)

name

A surname from Irish; an anglicization of mac Eógain (“son of Owen”)

name

A Jewish surname from Hebrew; a variant of Cohen.

Etymology

First attested in 1598.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˈkəʊən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

cowans (plural) cowanis (obsolete, plural) kowan (alternative) cowen (alternative) Cowans (alternative) Cowin (alternative) Cowing (alternative)

Phrases

Cowan Bridge

Rhymes With

mcgowan cowen gowan gowen aoun macgowan mcgowen mccowan mccowen rauen mcgowin owen

Questions

How do you pronounce cowan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkəʊən/.
What does cowan mean?
A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.
Where does cowan come from?
It is traced to Scottish Gaelic.

How to pronounce cowan

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