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DOW
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English
English : topographic name for a downland dweller, from Old English dūn ‘down’, ‘low hill’. See also Downer.English : variant of Dunn 2.Scottish : possibly a habitational name from Doune in Perthshire.
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English : unexplained.Variant spelling of Scottish Dowdie, which is probably a variant of Irish Duddy.
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English : patronymic from a variant of Dunn 2.English : variant (plural) of Down.
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Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhda ‘descendant of Dubhda’, a byname derived from dubh ‘dark’, ‘black’. The family were chieftains in Sligo and Mayo.English : from the personal name Dowd, a variant of David.
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English
English : patronymic from Dow, a variant of Daw.English : metronymic from a medieval female personal name (see Duce).
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English
English : perhaps a variant of Dowland.
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Irish (of English origin)
Irish (of English origin) : habitational name from Dovedale in Derbyshire, ‘valley (Middle English dale) of the river Dove’ (see Dove 1).Irish : English surname adopted by bearers of Gaelic Ó Dubhdáleithe (see Dudley 2).English : habitational name from a lost place Ovedale or Uvedale, which gave rise to the 14th-century surname de Uvedale alias de Ovedale, connected with the manor of D’Oversdale in Litlington, Cambridgeshire; this is first recorded as ‘manor of Overdale otherwise Dowdale’ in 1408.
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Hebrew
(דּï‹×¨) Hebrew unisex name DOWR means "generation" or "period of time." In the bible, this is the name of a coastal city in Manasseh, south of Carmel.
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English
English : variant (plural) of Down.Irish (Counties Clare and Limerick) : reduced Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Dubháin (see Doane).
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English
English : habitational name from Dowland in Devon, named from Old English dūfe ‘dove’ + feld ‘open country’ + land ‘estate’.Irish : of uncertain derivation, possibly a variant of Dowlin or Dolan.Altered spelling of Norwegian Dovland, a habitational name from a farm on the south coast of Norway, so named from dove ‘shaking bog’ + land ‘land’.
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English (Sussex and Kent)
English (Sussex and Kent) : probably a variant of Downer.
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English and Scottish
English and Scottish : variant spelling of Dow.
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Irish
Irish : sometimes of English origin, but in County Kerry it is usually an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó DuinnÃn (see Dineen).English : patronymic from a variant of Dunn 2.Sir George Downing (1623–84), baronet, member of Parliament, and ambassador to the Netherlands in the time of both Cromwell and King Charles II, was the second graduate of the first class (1642) at Harvard College. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Emmanuel Downing of the Inner Temple and his second wife, Lucy Winthrop, sister of John Winthrop. The family emigrated to New England in 1638 and settled at Salem, MA.
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English : occupational name for a maker of dowels and similar objects, from an agent derivative of Middle English dowle ‘dowel’, ‘headless peg’, ‘bolt’.
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English
English : habitational name from a place such as Downend in Gloucestershire, which is named from Old English dūn ‘down’, ‘low hill’ + ende ‘end’, or a topographic name with the same meaning.
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English : habitational name from any of various places called Downham, in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Lancashire, and Northumberland. The last two are named from Old English dÅ«n, dative plural dÅ«num ‘(at) the hills’, while the others are named from Old English dÅ«n ‘hill’ + hÄm ‘homestead’.English : Variant spelling of Dunham.
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English
English : variant spelling of Dowdell.Possibly an altered spelling of German Daudel, Dautel, variants of Dietz.
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English and northern Irish (county Down)
English and northern Irish (county Down) : probably a variant of Gillard.French and Swiss French : from a derivative of Gillier, from the Germanic personal name Giselher, composed of gīsil ‘hostage’, ‘pledge’, ‘noble offspring’ (see Giesel) + heri ‘army’.
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English
English : variant of Dowden.
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English
English : variant of Dower.
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adv.
Alt. of Downwards
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Covered with down, or with pubescence or soft hairs.
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Ready to fall; dilapidated; ruinous; as, a tumble-down house.
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The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower.
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Of or relating to a dower.
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Alt. of Downtrodden
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of Dowry
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The down, or fine, soft feathers, of the swan, used on various articles of dress.
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One who uses the dowser or divining rod.
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A woman entitled to dower.
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A divining rod used in searching for water, ore, etc., a dowsing rod.
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From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.
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A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower.
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Made of, or resembling, down. Hence, figuratively: Soft; placid; soothing; quiet.
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Alt. of Swans-down
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Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.
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To weigh or press down.
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Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts.
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Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power.
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A dowse.