Lower

Lower
Recorded as Ewer, Lewer, Lower and the patronymics Lowers or Lowerson, this is an English surname. It has two possible origins. The first is from an early medieval occupational surname for a transporter or server of water, a servant who supplied guests at a table with water to wash their hands. The derivation being from the Middle English word 'ewer', iself from the pre 10th century Norman-French l'evier', the surname forms with an 'L' prefix showing the fused prefix 'le'. Secondly the surname may be an anglicization of the old Welsh name 'Llywerch', originally a personal name composed of the elements 'llyw', meaning leader, and 'march', a horse, and perhaps equivalent to the French Mareschall or the English Marshall. It is said that the surname from this source is particularly associated with Cornwall. Early examples of the surname recording include Jone Lowers, christened at St Margarets, Westminster, on June 25th 1547, and the marriage of Hercules Lower and Lore Aleigh was recorded at Lanreath, Cornwall, on January 1st 1597. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Richard Lewer, which was dated 1219, in the Fees Court rolls of Surrey, during the reign of King Henry 111rd of England, 1216 - 1272. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Lower — Low er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lowered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lowering}.] [From {Low}, a.] 1. To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down; as, to lower a bucket into a well; to lower a sail or a boat; sometimes, to pull down;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lower — lower1 [lō′ər] adj. [compar. of LOW1] 1. in a place or on a level below another [lower lip] 2. inferior in rank, authority, or dignity [the lower classes] 3. less in quantity, degree, value, intensity, etc. 4 …   English World dictionary

  • Lower — may refer to: *Lower Township, New Jersey *Lower Receiver (firearms) *Lower Wick Gloucestershire, EnglandPeople*Robert A. Lower, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient *Richard Lower (physician), Cornish inventor of blood transfusion …   Wikipedia

  • Lower — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Richard Lower (1631–1691), britischer Mediziner Richard Lower (Chirurg) (1929–2008), US amerikanischer Herzchirurg Siehe auch: Löwer Løwer Lower Allen Branch, ein Fluss im US Bundesstaat Kentucky …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • lower — low‧er [ˈləʊə ǁ ˈloʊər] verb [transitive] to reduce something in amount, level etc: • Production has soared, allowing him to lower his prices. * * * lower UK US /ˈləʊər/ verb [T] ► to reduce the level, price, etc. of something: lower… …   Financial and business terms

  • lower — [adj] under, inferior bush league*, curtailed, decreased, diminished, junior, lessened, lesser, low, lower rung, minor, nether, pared down, reduced, secondary, second class, second fiddle*, second string*, smaller, subjacent, subordinate, under;… …   New thesaurus

  • Löwer — ist der Name von Johannes Löwer (* 1944), Mediziner und Biochemiker Peter Löwer (* 1944), deutscher Fußballspieler Wolfgang Löwer (* 1946), Rechtswissenschaftler und Richter am Verfassungsgerichtshof Nordrhein Westfalen Di …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • lower — index debase, decrease, deduct (reduce), defame, demean (make lower), demote, denigrate, depreciate …   Law dictionary

  • Lower 48 — Lower For|ty eight or Lower 48 «FR tee AYT», U.S. the forty eight states of the continental United States excluding Alaska: »People [leave] Anchorage and Fairbanks…Some, of course, are interested only in a year or two s work, then to return with… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lower — Low er, n. [Obs.] 1. Cloudiness; gloominess. [1913 Webster] 2. A frowning; sullenness. [1913 Webster] adj. 1. relating to small or noncapital letters which were kept in the lower half of a compositor s type case. Also See {minuscule},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lower — [1] ► ADJECTIVE comparative of LOW(Cf. ↑lowness). 1) less high. 2) Geology & Archaeology older (and hence forming more deeply buried strata): the Lower Cretaceous. 3) (in place names ) situated to the south. DERIVATIVES lowermost …   English terms dictionary

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