BOWIE

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

1. United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836)

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

• BOWIE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bowie; James Bowie; Jim Bowie

Instance hypernyms:

pioneer (one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory)

 Context examples 

I shrieked as I saw it shear through the throat; whilst at the same moment Mr. Morris's bowie knife plunged into the heart.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He did not delay notwithstanding this, for as Jonathan, with desperate energy, attacked one end of the chest, attempting to prize off the lid with his great Kukri knife, he attacked the other frantically with his bowie.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He had parried with his great bowie knife, and at first I thought that he too had come through in safety; but as he sprang beside Jonathan, who had by now jumped from the cart, I could see that with his left hand he was clutching at his side, and that the blood was spurting through his fingers.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)