rowan

rowan
rowan "mountain ash," 1804, from rowan-tree, rountree (1540s), northern English and Scottish, from a Scandinavian source (Cf. O.N. reynir, Swed. Ronn "the rowan"), ultimately from the root of RED (Cf. red), in reference to the berries.
There were those in this neighbourhood, long after the beginning of the present century, who believed that a slip of rowan tree carried on their person dispelled glamour, and rendered nugatory all the powers of sorcery and witchcraft. [Alexander Laing, "Lindores Abbey and the Burgh of Newburgh," Edinburgh, 1876]

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  • Rowan — Row an, n. Rowan tree. [1913 Webster] {Rowan barry}, a barry of the rowan tree. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rowan — Rowan, IA U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 218 Housing Units (2000): 103 Land area (2000): 0.562681 sq. miles (1.457338 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.562681 sq. miles (1.457338 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Rowan, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 218 Housing Units (2000): 103 Land area (2000): 0.562681 sq. miles (1.457338 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.562681 sq. miles (1.457338 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Rowan — Rowan, Rowen englischer Name gälischen Ursprungs, Bedeutung: der Rote. Namensträger: Rowan Atkinson, britischer Schauspieler …   Deutsch namen

  • rowan — [rō′ənber΄ē] n. pl. rowanberries [rō′ənber΄ē, rou′ənberērō′ən, rou′ən] n. [< Scand, as in Norw rogn, raun, ON reynir, akin to ON rauthr,RED: from the color of the fruit] 1. the European mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia), a tree with pinnately… …   English World dictionary

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  • Rowan — m, f English: 1 (m.) Transferred use of the surname, which is of Irish origin, being an Anglicized form of the Gaelic byname Ruadhán ‘little red one’ (a diminutive of ruadh red; cf. ROY (SEE Roy)). It was borne by a 6th century saint who founded… …   First names dictionary

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  • rowan — ► NOUN ▪ a small tree with white flowers and red berries. ORIGIN Scandinavian …   English terms dictionary

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