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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rower (plural rowers)
- One who rows.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter VI, in For the Term of His Natural Life:
- It had been a sort of race hitherto, and the rowers, with set teeth and compressed lips, had pulled stroke for stroke.
- 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 89:
- 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.
- A rowing machine.
- 1988, Richard Allen Winett, Ageless athletes, page 65:
- 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.
Translations
[edit]person who rows a boat
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[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch rover, from Middle Dutch rôvere. Equivalent to roof + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rower (plural rowers, diminutive rowertjie)
Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Genericized trademark of the British company Rover.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]rower m inan (diminutive rowerek, related adjective rowerowy)
- bicycle, bike (vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals)
- Synonym: (colloquial) dwa kółka
Declension
[edit]Declension of rower
Derived terms
[edit]nouns
verbs
- rowerować impf
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