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Definitions for prow
praʊprow
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Princeton's WordNet
bow, fore, prow, stemnoun
front part of a vessel or aircraft
"he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
Wiktionary
prownoun
The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.
prowadjective
Brave, valiant, gallant.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Prowadjective
Valiant. Edmund Spenser.
Prownoun
The head or forepart of a ship.
Etymology: proue, Fr. proa, Spanish; prora, Lat.
The sea-victory of Vespasian was a lady holding a palm in her hand, at her foot the prow of a ship. Henry Peacham.
Straight to the Dutch he turns his dreadful prow,
More fierce th’ important quarrel to decide. Dryden.
Wikipedia
prow
The bow () is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway. The aft end of the boat is the stern.Prow may be used as a synonym for bow or it may mean the forward-most part of the bow above the waterline.
Webster Dictionary
Prownoun
the fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself
Prownoun
see Proa
Prow
valiant; brave; gallant; courageous
Prowadjective
benefit; profit; good; advantage
Etymology: [OF. prou, preu, F. preux, fr. L. pro, prod, in prodesse to be useful. See Pro-, and cf. Prude.]
Wikidata
Prow
The prow is the forward most part of a ship's bow that cuts through the water. The prow is the part of the bow above the waterline. The terms prow and bow are often used interchangeably to describe the most forward part of a ship and its surrounding parts. In old naval parlance, the prow was the battery of guns placed in the fore gun-deck.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Prow
prow, n. the forepart of a ship: the bow or beak. [Fr. proue (It. prua)—L. prora—Gr. prōra, a prow—pro, before.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
prow
Generally means the foremost end of a vessel. Also, a name for the beak of a xebec or felucca.
Editors Contribution
prow
The forepart of a ship or boat; bow.
Nearly ten feet of the yacht's stern was cut off by the sharp prow of the steamboat.
Submitted by JP03 on February 19, 2015
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
PROW
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Prow is ranked #38582 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Prow surname appeared 573 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Prow.
94.7% or 543 total occurrences were White.
2% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.2% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.
1.2% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prow in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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- proaCatalan, Valencian
- Bugüberhang, BugGerman
- pruoEsperanto
- proaSpanish
- proueFrench
- toiseachScottish Gaelic
- proaGalician
- քիթArmenian
- trjóna, skeggIcelandic
- prua, proraItalian
- חַרטוֹםHebrew
- prora, rostrumLatin
- boeg, moedig, dapper, voorstevenDutch
- proaPortuguese
- provă, prorăRomanian
- носRussian
- pramac, прамацSerbo-Croatian
- pruvaTurkish
- föfastev, föfanafVolapük
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