Row

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English

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Etymology 1

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English surname, variant of Rowe.

Proper noun

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Row (plural Rows)

  1. A surname.
Statistics
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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Row is the 12703rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2430 individuals. Row is most common among White (85.43%) individuals.

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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the Row

  1. (historical, colloquial) Ellipsis of Paternoster Row, a former street in London, England, that was a centre of the publishing trade.
  2. (colloquial) Ellipsis of Savile Row, a street in London, England, known for its traditional bespoke tailoring.
    • 1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, “‘We Frolic while ’Tis May’”, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. [], volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, [], published 1873, →OCLC, page 20:
      Three points about this unobtrusive person showed promptly to the exercised eye that he was not a Row man pur sang. First, an irrepressible wrinkle or two in the waist of his frock-coat—denoting that he had not damned his tailor sufficiently to drive that tradesman up to the orthodox high pressure of cunning workmanship.
    • 2008, Mark Tungate, Branded Male: Marketing to Men, Kogan Page Publishers, →ISBN, page 51:
      Its mission is to protect and promote the art of bespoke tailoring on The Row.

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