What does hewer mean?
Definitions for hewer
hew·er
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Princeton's WordNet
hewernoun
a person who hews
Wiktionary
hewernoun
One who hews (especially one who chops wood with an axe).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hewernoun
One whose employment is to cut wood or stone.
Etymology: from hew.
At the building of Solomon’s temple there were fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
Wikipedia
Hewer
A hewer (German: Hauer or Häuer) is a miner who loosens rock and minerals in a mine. In medieval mining in Europe a Hauer was the name given to a miner who had passed his test (Hauerprüfung) as a hewer.
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hewer
A hewer is a person or tool that cuts, carves, or shapes something, often wood or stone, by chopping or cutting in a rough or heavy manner. Historically, it was often used to refer to miners who cut coal from a mine.
Webster Dictionary
Hewernoun
one who hews
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HEWER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hewer is ranked #116829 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Hewer surname appeared 149 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Hewer.
95.3% or 142 total occurrences were White.
4% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hewer in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hewer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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