cowan

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkəʊən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship.
  2. A fishing-boat. Scotland,obsolete,rare
  3. A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees.
  4. A sneak; an inquisitive or prying person. slang
  5. Uninitiated, outside, “profane”. attributive

词形变化

cowans plural cowanis obsolete,plural kowan alternative cowen alternative cowans plural

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1598.
词源 2
First attested in 1722; perhaps from the Scottish Gaelic cobhan (“coffer”, “box”, “ark”).
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