sower

English

Sowers

Etymology 1

From Middle English sowere, from Old English sāwere; equivalent to sow +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊɚ/

Noun

sower (plural sowers)

1. One who or that which sows.

Translations

one who or that which sows

• Azerbaijani: səpinçi
• Basque: ereile
• Belarusian: сеяльшчык m (sjejalʹščyk)
• Bulgarian: сеяч m (sejač)
• Dutch: zaaier (nl) m
• Finnish: kylväjä (fi)
• French: semeur (fr) m, semeuse (fr) f
• Georgian: მთესველი (mtesveli)
• German: Säer (de) m, Säerin f
• Hungarian: magvető (hu)
• Ingrian: kylväjä
• Irish: gineadóir m
• Italian: seminatore (it) m, seminatrice f
• Latin: sator m
• Middle English: sowere
• Polish: siewca (pl) m
• Portuguese: semeador (pt) m, semeadora f
• Romanian: semănător (ro) m, semănătoare (ro) f
• Russian: се́ятель (ru) m (séjatelʹ), се́ятельница (ru) f (séjatelʹnica)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: sywc m

• Spanish: sembrador (es) m, sembradora (es) f
• Swahili: mpanzi
• Turkish: ekici (tr), ekim makinesi
• Ukrainian: сіяч m (sijač)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊɚ/

Adjective

sower (comparative sowerer, superlative sowerest)

1. Archaic form of sour.
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 14:

     Pro. Then, as my gueſt, and thine owne acquiſition / Worthily purchas'd, take my daughter : But / If thou do'ſt breake her Virgin-knot, before / All ſanctimonious ceremonies may / With full and holy right, be miniſtred, / No ſweet aſperſion ſhall the heauens let fall / To make this contract grow; but barraine hate, / Sower-ey'd diſdaine, and diſcord ſhall beſtrew / The vnion of your bed, with weedes ſo loathly / That you ſhall hate it both : Therefore take heede, / As Hymens Lamps ſhall light you.

   • 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Further Account of the Academy. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), page 82:

     It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention.

Anagrams

• Rowse, WOREs, owers, owres, resow, rowse, serow, sowre, swore, worse

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

sower

1. Alternative form of sour

Etymology 2

Noun

sower

1. Alternative form of sowere