BOWDITCH

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• BOWDITCH (noun)
  The noun BOWDITCH has 1 sense:

1. United States mathematician and astronomer noted for his works on navigation (1773-1838)

  Familiarity information: BOWDITCH used as a noun is very rare.

• BOWDITCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States mathematician and astronomer noted for his works on navigation (1773-1838)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bowditch; Nathaniel Bowditch

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

 Context examples 

Then he found a "Bowditch" and books by Lecky and Marshall.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)