Definition of ewer
: a vase-shaped pitcher or jug
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Examples of ewer in a Sentence
a silver ewer in the elaborately ornamented style favored by the Victorians
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Ewers had been scheduled to face trial in the case last week before attorneys agreed to a delay, court records show.
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Ewers had his 8-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter as part of a visitation agreement with their mother.
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Deputies were able to get the children out of the home and pulled Ewers from the car’s front seat.
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Pinckney was at the dinner that night, trying to acknowledge and refute history over watermelon brandy, chowchow, shrimp pie, chapon chasseur, and truffled squab served with silver ewers of walnut ketchup.
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Ewers is charming, tempered with a very German pragmatism.
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Origin and Etymology of ewer
Middle English, from Anglo-French ewer, ewier, from Latin aquarium water source, neuter of aquarius of water, from aqua water — more at island
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: a type of pitcher or jug that is shaped like a vase and that was used in the past for holding water
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