Row

See also: row

English

Etymology 1

English surname, variant of Rowe.

Proper noun

Row (plural Rows)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Row is the 12703^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2430 individuals. Row is most common among White (85.43%) individuals.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

the Row

1. (historical, colloquial) Ellipsis of Paternoster Row, a former street in London, England, that was a centre of the publishing trade.
2. (colloquial) Ellipsis of Savile Row, a street in London, England, known for its traditional bespoke tailoring.
   • 1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, “‘We Frolic while ’Tis May’”, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. […], volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1873, →OCLC, page 20:

     Three points about this unobtrusive person showed promptly to the exercised eye that he was not a Row man pur sang. First, an irrepressible wrinkle or two in the waist of his frock-coat—denoting that he had not damned his tailor sufficiently to drive that tradesman up to the orthodox high pressure of cunning workmanship.

   • 2008, Mark Tungate, Branded Male: Marketing to Men, Kogan Page Publishers, →ISBN, page 51:

     Its mission is to protect and promote the art of bespoke tailoring on The Row.

Further reading

• [John Camden Hotten] (1859) “ROW”, in A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, […], London: John Camden Hotten, […], →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Wor., wor, ORW