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Noun: Howe  haw
  1. United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage movement (1819-1910)
    - Julia Ward Howe
     
  2. Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the most games (born 1928)
    - Gordie Howe, Gordon Howe
     
  3. United States inventor who built early sewing machines and won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers (including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867)
    - Elias Howe
     
  4. United States editor (1920-1993)
    - Irving Howe

Derived forms: Howes

Type of: artificer, discoverer, editor, editor in chief, hockey player, ice-hockey player, inventor, suffragist

Encyclopedia: Howe, OK