What does PROW mean?

Definitions for PROW
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bow, fore, prow, stemnoun

    front part of a vessel or aircraft

    "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

Wiktionary

  1. prownoun

    The fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself.

  2. prowadjective

    Brave, valiant, gallant.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Prowadjective

    Valiant. Edmund Spenser.

  2. 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

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. prow

    A prow is the forward-most part of a ship's bow that cuts through the water. It is typically pointed and often designed for both functional and decorative purposes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Prownoun

    the fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem; hence, the vessel itself

  2. Prownoun

    see Proa

  3. Prow

    valiant; brave; gallant; courageous

  4. Prowadjective

    benefit; profit; good; advantage

  5. Etymology: [OF. prou, preu, F. preux, fr. L. pro, prod, in prodesse to be useful. See Pro-, and cf. Prude.]

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. prow

    Generally means the foremost end of a vessel. Also, a name for the beak of a xebec or felucca.

Editors Contribution

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PROW in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PROW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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