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Gower

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Gow·er  (gour, gôr, gr), John 1325?-1408.
English poet who wrote allegorical, didactic works, such as Vox Clamantis (1382?-1384), in Latin, French, and English.
Gower [ˈgaʊə]
n
(Placename) the. a peninsula in S Wales, in Swansea county on the Bristol Channel: mainly agricultural with several resorts
Gower2
n
1. (Biographies / Gower, David (Ivon) (1957 M, English, SPORT AND GAMES: cricketer) David (Ivon). born 1957, English cricketer
2. (Biographies / Gower, John (?1330-1408) M, English, WRITING: poet) John. ?1330-1408, English poet, noted particularly for his tales of love, the Confessio Amantis


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He began to question me closely about Tottenham Court Road and Gower Street.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
The grave Gower, announcing in advance a sermon of several hours, begged him to be seated, and to the murmur of his wise talk, his head leaning on the window frame, the child slept peacefully.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
There is the articled clerk, who has paid a premium, and is an attorney in perspective, who runs a tailor's bill, receives invitations to parties, knows a family in Gower Street, and another in Tavistock Square; who goes out of town every long vacation to see his father, who keeps live horses innumerable; and who is, in short, the very aristocrat of clerks.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
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