"fower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fowers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fowere, foware, fowar; equivalent to fow + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fowere}} Middle English fowere, {{suffix|en|fow|er|id2=agent noun}} fow + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} fower (plural fowers)
  1. (Early Modern, obsolete) One who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance. Tags: Early, Modern, obsolete
    Sense id: en-fower-en-noun-ISejs-c0 Categories (other): Early Modern English, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈfəʊ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfoʊ.ɚ/ [General-American]
Etymology: Middle English four, fower, from Old English fēower. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|four}} Middle English four, {{der|en|ang|fēower}} Old English fēower Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fower (uncountable)
  1. The digit 4 in the NATO phonetic alphabet. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-fower-en-noun-L5LcdjXv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 67 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Numeral

IPA: /ˈfəʊ.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfoʊ.ɚ/ [General-American]
Etymology: Middle English four, fower, from Old English fēower. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|four}} Middle English four, {{der|en|ang|fēower}} Old English fēower Head templates: {{head|en|numeral}} fower
  1. (Geordie) four Tags: Geordie Categories (topical): English cardinal numbers, Four
    Sense id: en-fower-en-num-BO-vCA9a Disambiguation of Four: 15 23 62 Categories (other): Geordie English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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