rower
nounUK /ˈɹəʊ.ə(ɹ)/
Etymology From Middle English rower, rowere, roware, equivalent to row + -er. Cognate with Dutch roeier (“rower”), Danish roer (“rower”), Norwegian roer (“rower”). Compare also Old English rōwend (“rower”).
1
One who rows.
- It had been a sort of race hitherto, and the rowers, with set teeth and compressed lips, had pulled stroke for stroke.1874, Marcus Clarke, chapter VI, in For the Term of His Natural Life:
- Upon her deck were rowers with dream-made oars, and the rowers were the people of men’s fancies, and princes of old story and people who had died, and people who had never been.1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 89:
2
A rowing machine.
- Aerobic and weight training sessions should also complement each other. For example, on a day you work your upper body with weights, you can use a rower for aerobics.1988, Richard Allen Winett, Ageless athletes, page 65:
- Derived terms
- pararower
- Related terms
- back-rower, front-rower