Associations to the word «Howe»

Wiktionary

HOWE, proper noun. An English topographic surname​ for someone who lived by a small hill.
HOWE, noun. Alternative form of how (a tumulus, a bowl barrow).

Dictionary definition

HOWE, noun. United States editor (1920-1993).
HOWE, noun. Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928).
HOWE, noun. United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910).
HOWE, noun. United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne