fower

From Middle English fowere, foware, fowar; equivalent to fow +‎ -er.

fower (plural fowers)

1. (Early Modern, obsolete) One who cleans (fows), as in cooking utensils or house maintenance.

Middle English four, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old English fēower.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊ.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊ.ɚ/

fower

1. (Tyneside) four

fower (uncountable)

1. The digit 4 in the NATO phonetic alphabet.

In the NATO phonetic alphabet, the two-syllable pronunciation avoids confusion with other digits. The spelling, however, remains four.

fower

1. Alternative form of four

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old English feōwer, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

• IPA^(key): [fʌur], [ˈfʌuər]
• (Southwestern Scotland) IPA^(key): [fuwr]

fower

1. four

• fowert (“fourth”)