Howe

Howe
/how/, n.
1. E(dgar) W(atson), 1853-1937, U.S. novelist and editor.
2. Elias, 1819-67, U.S. inventor of the sewing machine.
3. Gordon (Gordie), born 1928, Canadian ice-hockey player.
4. Irving, 1920-93, U.S. social historian and literary critic.
5. Julia Ward, 1819-1910, U.S. writer and reformer: author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic (wife of Samuel Gridley Howe).
6. Richard (Earl Howe) ("Black Dick"), 1726-99, British admiral (brother of William Howe).
7. Samuel Gridley /grid"lee/, 1801-76, U.S. surgeon and humanitarian.
8. William, 5th Viscount, 1729-1814, British general in the American Revolutionary War.

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(as used in expressions)
Howe Elias
Howe Gordie
Gordon Howe
Howe James Wong
Howe Julia Ward
Howe Richard Howe Earl
Howe William Howe 5th Viscount

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