BOWERY

bowery

(adjective) like a bower; leafy and shady; “a bowery lane”

Bowery

(noun) a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

bowery (plural boweries)

Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion.

Adjective

bowery (comparative bowerier or more bowery, superlative boweriest or most bowery)

Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady.

Etymology 2

Noun

bowery (plural boweries)

(archaic) In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate.

Anagrams

• Bowyer, bowyer

Proper noun

the Bowery

A street and a district of New York City, whose residents were traditionally of a low socioeconomic class.

Adjective

Bowery (comparative more Bowery, superlative most Bowery)

(US, dated) Characteristic of this street; swaggering; flashy.

Anagrams

• Bowyer, bowyer

Source: Wiktionary

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Bow"er*y, a.

Definition: Shading, like a bower; full of bowers. A bowery maze that shades the purple streams. Trumbull.

Bow"er*y, n.; pl. Boweries Etym: [D. bouwerij.]

Definition: A farm or plantation with its buildings. [U.S.Hist.] The emigrants [in New York] were scattered on boweries or plantations; and seeing the evils of this mode of living widely apart, they were advised, in 1643 and 1646, by the Dutch authorities, to gather into "villages, towns, and hamlets, as the English were in the habit of doing." Bancroft.

Bow"er*y, a.

Definition: Characteristic of the street called the Bowery, in New York city; swaggering; flashy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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