SOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sower mean? 

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

1. someone who sows

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who sows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sower" is a kind of...):

farmer; granger; husbandman; sodbuster (a person who operates a farm)

Derivation:

sow (introduce into an environment)

sow (place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth)

sow (place seeds in or on (the ground))

 Context examples 

Hump, do you know the parable of the sower who went forth to sow?

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)