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Howe
2[hou]
noun
E(dgar) W(atson), 1853–1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
Elias, 1819–67, U.S. inventor of the sewing machine.
Gordon Gordie, 1928–2016, Canadian ice-hockey player.
Irving, 1920–93, U.S. social historian and literary critic.
Julia Ward, 1819–1910, U.S. writer and reformer: author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic (wife of Samuel Gridley Howe).
Richard Earl HoweBlack Dick, 1726–99, British admiral (brother of William Howe).
Samuel Gridley 1801–76, U.S. surgeon and humanitarian.
William, 5th Viscount, 1729–1814, British general in the American Revolutionary War.
Howe
1/ ʊ /
noun
Elias. 1819–67, US inventor of the sewing machine (1846)
Gordon , known as Gordie . born 1928, US ice-hockey player, who scored1071 goals in a professional career lasting 32 years.
Howe of Aberavon, Baron, title of ( Richard Edward ) Geoffrey Howe . born 1926, British Conservative politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer (1979–83); foreign secretary (1983–89); deputy prime minister (1989–90)
Richard, 4th Viscount Howe. 1726–99, British admiral: served (1776–78) in the War of American Independence and commanded the Channel fleet against France, winning the Battle of the Glorious First of June (1794)
his brother, William, 5th Viscount Howe. 1729–1814, British general; commander in chief (1776–78) of British forces in the War of American Independence
howe
2/ ʊ /
noun
dialecta depression in the earth's surface, such as a basin or valley
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of howe1
Example Sentences
Alison Howe is executive producer at BBC Studios for Glastonbury on TV and will oversee the BBC television coverage of one of the world's most anticipated festivals.
David Enright, a lawyer whose firm Howe and Co represented seven out of the 10 sub-postmasters who took part in the inquiry, said: "The fact is we have seen sub-postmaster after sub-postmaster die without ever seeing any true accountability. The question sub-postmasters ask themselves is: where is the urgency at the heart of the police investigation?"
The smaller fire, the Howe fire near Torrey Canyon and East Guiberson roads, just south of Piru and the Santa Clara River, has grown overnight to 34 acres with zero containment as of 10 a.m., according to the Ventura County Fire Department.
About 18 miles west of the Howe, the larger Maria fire has grown to about 60 acres, but is 60% contained as of 10 a.m., according to the Ventura County Fire Department.
The Howe fire, the larger blaze, had blackened about 40 acres Monday night and was burning in steep terrain south of Piru around the Santa Clara River.
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