Cowan

/ˈkaʊən/

Translation of "cowan" into Russian

Noun

/ˈkaʊən/

cowan

cowans pl

The cowan was not allowed to enter the secret meeting.

Непосвящённый не был допущен на секретное собрание.

Additional translations

Noun

/ˈkaʊən/

A person who is not a member of a particular group or trade, especially a non-Freemason who attempts to gain knowledge of Masonic rites.

The Freemasons were careful not to reveal their secrets to any cowan.

An outsider; someone who does not belong to a specific community or circle.

In the tightly-knit village, anyone new was often regarded as a cowan until they proved themselves.

A builder of dry-stone walls; a stonemason without formal guild training (chiefly Scots, historical).

The cowans worked quickly to finish the dry-stone dyke before winter set in.

Proper noun

A surname.

Gillian Cowan won the national scholarship for physics.