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1942 film by Rowland V. Lee
Powder Town is a 1942 comedy about an eccentric scientist thrust into danger and romance. Max Brand worked on the screenplay and published a novelisation
Powder_Town
Tower in Prague, Czech Republic
It is one of the original city gates. It separates the Old Town from the New Town. Powder Tower, as with many historical sites in Prague, undergoes periodic
Powder_Tower,_Prague
British-American actor and boxer (1886–1959)
different names in Call Out the Marines (1942) at RKO. He starred in Powder Town (1942), and went to Fox to support Gene Tierney in China Girl (1942)
Victor_McLaglen
Spice made from chili peppers
Chili powder (also spelled chile, chilli, or, alternatively, powdered chili) is the dried, pulverized fruit of one or more varieties of chili pepper, sometimes
Chili_powder
American actress, vaudeville performer and memoirist (1912–2010)
The Great State of Hysteria and The Great Elinor Glyn Emancipation Gun Powder Love Regatta; the book and lyrics for a musical, Oh Glorious Tintinnabulation;
June_Havoc
River in Wyoming and Montana, United States
near the town of Kaycee. The combined stream flows northward, east of the Bighorns, and into Montana. It accepts the Little Powder near the town of Broadus
Powder River (Wyoming and Montana)
Powder_River_(Wyoming_and_Montana)
American actor (1904–1984)
Driver (uncredited) Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) - Wise Guy (uncredited) Powder Town (1942) - Joe, Cab Driver (uncredited) The Big Shot (1942) - Quinto, a
Murray_Alper
Powder bound ethanol
Alcohol powder or powdered alcohol or dry alcohol is a powder that becomes an alcoholic drink when water is added. It is made using micro-encapsulation
Alcohol_powder
Tower designed to store gunpowder
A powder tower (German: Pulverturm), occasionally also powder house (Pulverhaus), was a building used by the military or by mining companies, frequently
Powder_tower
American actor (1915–1985)
1958 he directed and starred in a TV drama written by his brother, "The Town That Slept With the Lights On", about two Lancaster murders that so frightened
Edmond_O'Brien
American actor (1889–1977)
(1942) – Worker (uncredited) Syncopation (1942) – Tom Jones (uncredited) Powder Town (1942) – Jerry, Nitrate Technician (uncredited) For Me and My Gal (1942)
Walter_Baldwin
Former defensive tower in Latvia
The Powder Tower (Latvian: Pulvertornis) is situated in Riga, Latvia, and originally a part of the defensive system of the town. The current Powder Tower
Powder_Tower,_Riga
(2017, University of Nebraska Press). His books of prose poetry include Powder Town (2008, Pecan Grove Press) and Who's Afraid of Helen of Troy (2016, Etruscan
David_Lazar_(author)
Town in Montana, United States
Broadus is a town in and the county seat of Powder River County, Montana, United States. The population was 456 at the 2020 census. The Powder River Battles
Broadus,_Montana
Film director
for Small, The Son of Monte Cristo (1940). He returned to RKO to do Powder Town (1942), then made a film for another independent producer, Benedict Bogeaus
Rowland_V._Lee
Hot chili pepper used to flavor dishes
and ground to make the powdered spice of the same name. However, cayenne powder may be a blend of different types of peppers, quite often not containing
Cayenne_pepper
Canadian-American actor (1885–1957)
(1942) - Gus The Falcon Takes Over (1942) - Jerry - Servant (uncredited) Powder Town (1942) - Gus, Institute Janitor The Big Street (1942) - Colonel Samuel
George_Cleveland
American actress (1909–1985)
on Tour (uncredited) Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942) as Fifi Russell Powder Town (1942) as Sue, Blonde Piano Player Tales of Manhattan (1942) as 'Squirrel'
Marion_Martin
factory, using the mine's low grade coal Bacchus, Utah, Hercules Powder Company, now a ghost town Bingham Canyon, Utah Bryce Canyon City, Utah, built and owned
List of company towns in the United States
List_of_company_towns_in_the_United_States
Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 30, 2016. "Powder Town: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 30, 2016. "Mexican
List_of_RKO_Pictures_films
American actor
(uncredited) My Favorite Spy (1942) - Nightclub Patron (uncredited) Powder Town (1942) - Harvey Dodge The Mayor of 44th Street (1942) - Curley Sharp
John_McGuire_(actor)
Laxative and digestive
Seidlitz powders is the generic name under which a commonly known laxative and digestion regulator was marketed and sold by numerous manufacturers under
Seidlitz_powders
American actor (1905–1983)
Yokel Boy (1942) – Joe Ruddy Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) – Eddie Foy Powder Town (1942) – Mr. Billy Meeker Moonlight Masquerade (1942) – Lord Percy Ticklederry
Eddie_Foy_Jr.
Topics referred to by the same term
Powder Magazine, Powder House, or Powderworks may refer to: Powder tower or powder house, a building used to store gunpowder or explosives; common until
Powder_Magazine
1942 film by Edwin L. Marin
""Miss Annie Rooney", Starring Shirley Temple, Opens at the Rivoli – "Powder Town", With Victor McLaglen, at Rialto". New York Times. p. 11. Scheuer, Philip
Miss_Annie_Rooney
Populated place in Passaic County, New Jersey, US
Haskell was formed in 1898 as a company town for a smokeless powder mill of the Laflin & Rand Powder Company. The town was named for Laflin & Rand company
Haskell,_New_Jersey
City in Georgia, United States
Cantrell Stadium is located in Powder Springs. It is used mostly for football and soccer matches. The town of Powder Springs was incorporated as Springville
Powder_Springs,_Georgia
The Powder House is an historic powder tower at 162 Ames Street in Dedham, Massachusetts. It stands on land owned by the Dedham Museum and Archive, but
Powder House (Dedham, Massachusetts)
Powder_House_(Dedham,_Massachusetts)
Chimney Town (2020) The Pout-Pout Fish (2026) Powaqqatsi (1988) Powder (1995) Powder Blue (2009) Powder Burn (1999) Powder My Back (1928) Powder River (1953)
List_of_films:_P
United States historic place
the town's only surviving Federal-period municipal structure. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. The Beverly Powder House
Beverly_Powder_House
Explosive made using nitroglycerin
gained wide-scale use as a more robust alternative to the traditional black powder explosives. It allows the use of nitroglycerine's favorable explosive properties
Dynamite
Book by Rusty Young
Marching Powder is a 2002 non-fiction book written by Australian author Rusty Young. It is based on the true story of a British-Tanzanian man, Thomas McFadden
Marching_Powder_(book)
The Pied Piper; The Pride of the Yankees; Random Harvest; The Talk of the Town; Wake Island; and Yankee Doodle Dandy. Casablanca was released in 1942, but
List of American films of 1942
List_of_American_films_of_1942
American cinematographer
Worries Away, starring Buddy Ebsen and June Havoc, which was followed by Powder Town, a comedy directed by Rowland V. Lee, and starring Edmond O'Brien and
Frank_Redman
Scottish actress (1882–1963)
(1942) - Mrs. Stewart It Happened in Flatbush (1942) - Mrs. Collins Powder Town (1942) - Mrs. Douglas The Pride of the Yankees (1942) - Maid (uncredited)
Mary_Gordon_(actress)
Container for gunpowder
A powder horn is a container for gunpowder, and was generally created from cow, ox, or buffalo horn. The term may also be used for any personal container
Powder_horn
1953 film by Louis King
Powder River is a 1953 American Western film directed by Louis King and starring Rory Calhoun, Corinne Calvet and Cameron Mitchell. The screenplay was
Powder_River_(film)
Ski area located in Middlefield, Connecticut
Powder Ridge Ski Area is a ski area located in Middlefield, Connecticut, United States. It began operations on January 22, 1961, closed in 2007, and reopened
Powder_Ridge_Ski_Area
Indian Hindu spring festival of colours
opportunity to have fun and play with other people by throwing coloured water and powder at each other. It is also observed broadly on the Indian subcontinent. Holi
Holi
United States historic place
Plains Road near the center of the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The Buxton Powder Magazine is a small brick building
Buxton_Powder_House
American football player, actor, and wrestler (1905–1966)
(uncredited) My Favorite Spy (1942) - Marine Socking Kay (uncredited) Powder Town (1942) - Battman, a Henchman (uncredited) The Big Street (1942) - Mug
Sammy_Stein
American actor (born 1965)
Greg Stillson in the television series The Dead Zone, Jeremy "Powder" Reed in Powder (1995), Indiana Jones in the George Lucas television series The
Sean_Patrick_Flanery
American actor
Man's Lady (1942) - Burns (uncredited) Broadway (1942) - Scar Edwards Powder Town (1942) - Oliver Lindsay Wake Island (1942) - Capt. Bill Patrick X Marks
Damian_O'Flynn
Public school in Broadus, Montana , United States
and is located in Broadus, the only incorporated town in that county. As of November 1, 2014, the Powder River County District High School had 135 enrolled
Powder River County District High School
Powder_River_County_District_High_School
2026 Chinese television series
"excessively softened and deliberately refined, with some even wearing rouge and powder." The social media post of the propaganda office of the Zhejiang Provincial
Pursuit_of_Jade
Due to the rising population of Johanngeorgenstadt, the powder tower now stands in the town centre, not far from a new housing area built in the mid-1980s
Pulverturm, Johanngeorgenstadt
Pulverturm,_Johanngeorgenstadt
American actor (1894–1956)
(uncredited) In Old California (1942) - San Francisco Deputy (uncredited) Powder Town (1942) - Security Guard Shooting Gun (uncredited) Timber (1942) - Lumberjack
Stanley_Blystone
Austrian writer (1880–1960)
Clarence_Brown) 1940: Dance, Girl, Dance (dir. Dorothy Arzner) 1942: Powder Town (dir. Rowland V. Lee) 1942: Girl Trouble (dir. Harold D. Schuster) 1945:
Vicki_Baum
American weapons and munitions company (1912–2008)
the Hercules Powder Company following the breakup of the DuPont explosives monopoly by the U.S. Circuit Court in 1911. Hercules Powder Company became
Hercules_Inc.
River in Montana, United States
the Bighorns, and into Montana. It is joins the Powder River near the town of Broadus. The Little Powder River was so named because the sand along a portion
Little_Powder_River
American screenwriter
Girls (1940) Four Jacks and a Jill (1942) - screenwriter and producer Powder Town (1942) Pittsburgh (1942) Bombardier (1943) This Man's Navy (1945) Sinbad
John_Twist
City in California, United States
& Rand Powder Company created the Hercules Powder Company which purchased land for a new plant that opened in 1881. On December 15, 1900, town management
Hercules,_California
American actor (1888–1971)
Rooney (1942) – Mr. Thomas Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) – Sersen Powder Town (1942) – Mr. Tuttle (uncredited) Thru Different Eyes (1942) – Chaplain
Selmer_Jackson
Australian rock band
on 23 June 2006. Retrieved 8 February 2013. Budden, Matt (14 May 1996). "Powder Pick Up to Cure All Your Allergies". Concrete Press. Ozmusic Central. Archived
Powderfinger
Explosives manufacturing company in California, United States
The Giant Powder Company was an explosives manufacturing company which operated from the mid 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, located
Giant_Powder_Company
United States historic place
The Hallowell Powder House is a historic military storage facility on High Street in Hallowell, Maine. Built in 1819, it is one of three documented early
Hallowell_Powder_House
Episode of The Bear
inspired, may be the most precarious show on TV. Its first season was such a powder keg of intensity and stress that it makes sense it exploded the way it did
Gary_(The_Bear_episode)
American film producer
Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942) Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942) Powder Town (1942) Sing Your Worries Away (1942) They Were Expendable (1945) The
Cliff_Reid
Species of plant
salmonella, an outbreak linked to the consumption of contaminated pills, powder, tea, or unidentified sources of kratom. An analytical method using whole
Mitragyna_speciosa
Beach in Massachusetts, United States
Duxbury Beach is a barrier beach in the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts. It is six miles long and is accessed by the Powder Point Bridge from Duxbury, or Gurnet
Duxbury_Beach
State in southern India
municipality, or town panchayat, based on revenue and population. As of 2026[update], there are 25 municipal corporations, 138 municipalities and 528 town panchayats
Tamil_Nadu
1940 explosion of an armaments factory in Roxbury, New Jersey, US
The Hercules Powder plant disaster was an explosion at an armaments factory owned by the Hercules Powder Company in the Kenvil section of Roxbury, New
Hercules Powder plant disaster
Hercules_Powder_plant_disaster
in several states, which resulted in evacuations. The inclusion of white powder in most of the packages mirrored the 2001 anthrax attacks; the substance
2024 United States presidential election
2024_United_States_presidential_election
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1837 to 1901
a similar attack in 1849, unemployed Irishman William Hamilton fired a powder-filled pistol at Victoria's carriage as it passed along Constitution Hill
Queen_Victoria
U.S. Founding Father, president from 1789 to 1797
to "extirpate" them and that the expeditions he sent to destroy Indian towns were therefore entirely justified. Along with other Founding Fathers, Washington
George_Washington
British statesman and writer (1874–1965)
Reitz, Deneys (1999). Emslie, Trevor (ed.). Adrift on the Open Veld. Cape Town: Stormberg. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-6202-4380-3. Gilbert 1991, pp. 115–120; Jenkins
Winston_Churchill
1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union
the lava would convert all 1200 tonnes into a submicrometre and mobile powder within a few weeks. According to a published paper, degradation of the lava
Chernobyl_disaster
Gunpowder manufacturing company
Carleton powder mill in 1855 and expanded it as the Miami Powder Company including a steam power plant and employee residences for the company town of Goes
Miami_Powder_Company
of the rebuilding of the collapsed town wall. The powder tower was used to store gunpowder, was sold by the town in 1804 and, since 1918, has been in
Pulverturm, Leutkirch im Allgäu
Pulverturm,_Leutkirch_im_Allgäu
One of Europe's longest-lived pharmacies
juice (powder made of oversea mummies mixed with liquid), burnt hedgehogs powder, burnt bees, bat powder, snakeskin potion and unicorn horn powder for treatments
Raeapteek
Type of macaroon made in Tamil Nadu, India
batches. The first batch produces coarse cashew nut powder while the second batch produces a fine powder. The two types of paste add to the texture and taste
Thooththukkudi_macaroon
1774 event leading up to the Revolutionary War
The Powder Alarm was a major popular reaction to the removal of gunpowder from a gunpowder magazine near Boston by British troops under orders from General
Powder_Alarm
High school sport
universities. The term originates from the powder puff, the soft material used for the application of cosmetic face powder. The games usually occur before homecoming
Powderpuff_(sports)
American and French actor (born 1995)
10, 2025. Loughrey, Clarisse (December 1, 2025). "Marty Supreme review – Powder keg of a ping-pong movie confirms Timothée Chalamet as one of our greatest
Timothée_Chalamet
1914–1918 global conflict
insecurity helps explain why the pre-1914 Balkans became known as the "powder keg of Europe". On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir
World_War_I
Census-designated place in Lamar County, Texas, United States
Powderly is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lamar County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Powderly had a population of 1,261. Powderly
Powderly,_Texas
1807 gunpowder explosion
January 1807 when a ship carrying hundreds of barrels of black powder exploded in the Dutch town of Leiden. This catastrophic event resulted in 151 fatalities
Leiden_gunpowder_disaster
1815 battle of the Waterloo campaign
age" (Mercer 1891, p. 218). On 13 June, the commandant at Ath requested powder and cartridges as members of a Hanoverian reserve regiment there had never
Battle_of_Waterloo
Cities in the United States above 3,000 feet (914 m) in elevation
the list, a place needs to be an incorporated municipality (i.e. a city, town, or village) and it needs to be at an elevation of 3,000 feet (914 m) or
List of highest communities in the United States
List_of_highest_communities_in_the_United_States
Small container for gunpowder
A powder flask is a small container for gunpowder, which was an essential part of shooting equipment with muzzle-loading guns, before pre-made paper cartridges
Powder_flask
American actor (1952–2009)
in the film Christmas in Wonderland. Swayze played an aging rock star in Powder Blue (2009), co-starring his younger brother Don in their first film together
Patrick_Swayze
Former munitions factory near Baraboo, Wisconsin
William H. Stevenson announced the construction of a powder and acid works to be built by Hercules Powder Company. On 19 November 1941, despite protests from
Badger_Army_Ammunition_Plant
Battle during the American Revolutionary War on December 14, 1774
six-man caretaker detachment and seized the garrison's powder, which was distributed through several towns in the colony for potential use in the looming conflict
Capture of Fort William and Mary
Capture_of_Fort_William_and_Mary
American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)
" Krasinski starred in the world premiere of the Off-Broadway play Dry Powder with Hank Azaria, Claire Danes, and Sanjit De Silva which was directed by
John_Krasinski
City square in Czechia
Old Town and New Town. On the square, or in the very near vicinity, are these significant buildings: Kotva Department Store, Municipal House, Powder Tower
Náměstí_Republiky,_Prague
Failed colony in North America (1584–1590)
finding the remains of a fort, as well as English coins, firearms, and a powder horn. Research into the disappearance of the 1587 colonists largely ended
Roanoke_Colony
Colombian drug lord (1949–1993)
ransom. In 1976, Escobar founded the Medellín Cartel, which distributed powder cocaine, and established the first smuggling routes from Peru, Bolivia and
Pablo_Escobar
Member of the British royal family (born 1982)
original on 22 July 2017. Retrieved 12 July 2024. "Kate Middleton stuns in powder blue suit as she makes solo visit to Luxembourg". The Independent. 11 May
Catherine,_Princess_of_Wales
1996 studio album by Ween
background vocals for Elvis Presley, appear on the tracks "I'm Holding You" and "Powder Blue". The melody of "Japanese Cowboy" closely resembles that of "Chariots
12_Golden_Country_Greats
County in Montana, United States
Powder River County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,694. Its county seat is Broadus. Powder River
Powder_River_County,_Montana
American manufacturer of gunpowder and explosives
The Hazard Powder Company is a former American manufacturer of gunpowder and explosives. It was located in Hazardville within the town of Enfield, Connecticut
Hazard_Powder_Company
City in Kentucky, United States
Powderly is a home rule-class city in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 788 as of the 2020 census. The city developed
Powderly,_Kentucky
Children's novels by Jo Nesbø
Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder is a series of children's novels by Norwegian author Jo Nesbø, illustrated by Mike Lowery. The first novel in the series was
Doctor_Proctor's_Fart_Powder
Chocolate and hazelnut flavored spread
cocoa powder, skimmed milk powder, whey powder, soy lecithin, and vanillin. The process of making this spread begins with the extraction of cocoa powder from
Nutella
Spiced Asian-inspired sauces and dishes
Curry powder is added to some dishes in the southern part of China. The curry powder sold in Chinese grocery stores is similar to Madras curry powder, but
Curry
British actor (born 1964)
Boys Are Back, an Australian adaptation of the book The Boys Are Back in Town by Simon Carr. In June 2010, it was announced that Owen and Nicole Kidman
Clive_Owen
Group of phyllosilicate minerals
65 km (40 mi) from Trivandrum in India, has colored mica windows. Mica powder is also used as a decoration in traditional Japanese woodblock printmaking
Mica
Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
first small black powder mill was established in 1835 by Allen Loomis in an area then known as Powder Hollow. This became the Hazard Powder Company. Hazardville
Hazardville,_Connecticut
American television series
Showdown" February 10, 2022 (2022-02-10) Alex Guarnaschelli, Duff Goldman Cocoa Powder Amber Croom, Emily Oyer Paulette Goto, Thomas Raquel, Claudia Fleming Sopa
Beat_Bobby_Flay
2020 drama television series
to the two South West England ceremonial counties Cornwall (only in the town of Bodmin) and Devon (only at Hartland Abbey), with the latter serving as
Malory_Towers_(TV_series)
POWDER TOWN
POWDER TOWN
Boy/Male
French, Hindu, Indian
Power Holder
Surname or Lastname
English (Sussex)
English (Sussex) : topographic name for one who lived in a township or village, Middle English toun, + -er, a characteristic topographic ending of Sussex surnames.English (Sussex) : occupational name for a toll taker or tax collector, from tolnere, an agent derivative of Middle English toll ‘tax’, ‘payment’. Compare Toller.
Male
Swedish
Old Swedish form of Old Norse Oddr, ODDER means "point of a weapon."
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : habitational name from a place so called near Kelso on the border with England. Early forms include Hadden, Hauden, and Halden; the place name is probably from Old English halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’ + denu ‘valley’.English : habitational name from a place in East Yorkshire, so named from Old Norse hǫfuð ‘head’ (replacing Old English hēafod) + Old English denu ‘valley’; the first element may have been used in the sense ‘principal’, ‘top’, or ‘end’.Americanized form of Norwegian Hovden.
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Power of Supreme Wonder
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
Pericles, Prince of Tyre' A Pander.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : habitational name from any of at least three places named Cowden. One in Northumbria occurs in 1286 as Colden and is derived from Old English col ‘(char)coal’ + denu ‘valley’; that in East Yorkshire occurs in Domesday Book as Coledun and is from Old English col + dūn ‘hill’; while one in Kent is recorded in 1160 as Cudena and is from Old English cū ‘cow’ + denn ‘pasture’. The last does not appear to have yielded any surnames; the surname is more or less restricted to northern England, and is also found in northern Ireland, where it may be of Scottish origin, from places called Cowden near Dollar and near Dalkeith, Lothian.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Loder.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of several places called Bowden or Bowdon. Bowden in Devon and Derbyshire and Bowdon in Cheshire are named with Old English boga ‘bow’ + dūn ‘hill’, i.e. ‘hill shaped like a bow’; one in Leicestershire (Bugedone in Domesday Book) comes, according to Ekwall, from the Old English personal name Būga (masculine) or Bucge (feminine) + dūn. There are also Scottish places of this name, but there are comparatively few bearers of the surname Bowden north of the border.English : habitational name from Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, so named with the Old English phrase būfan dūne ‘on, upon the hill’. The surname may also have arisen as a topographic name from the same phrase used independently, for someone who lived at the top of a hill.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Buadáin ‘descendant of Buadán’, an Old Irish personal name.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin)
Irish (Leinster and Munster) and English (of Norman origin) : habitational name for someone from Pois, a place in Picardy (said to have been named with Old French pois ‘fish’ because of its well-stocked river), from Old French Pohier ‘native of Pois’.English : nickname for a poor man, or ironically for a miser, from Middle English, Old French povre, poure ‘poor’ (Latin pauper). Woulfe gives this also as the meaning of the Norman Irish name, which in early records is found as le Poer, believing it to be a nickname for someone who has taken a vow of poverty.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived at the edge of a village or by some other boundary, Middle English border, from Old French bordure ‘edge’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a derivative of Middle English pedder ‘pannier’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a peddler or someone who carried a pannier. This name is now frequent in Australia.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly County Durham) and Scottish
English (chiefly County Durham) and Scottish : variant spelling of Louden.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Power.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker or seller of hoods, from a Middle English agent derivative of Old English hÅd (see Hood 1).
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : occupational name for a bow maker, Older Scots bowar, equivalent to English Bowyer.English and Scottish : from Middle English bur, bour ‘bower’, ‘cottage’, ‘inner room’ (Old English būr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in a small cottage, an occupational name for a house servant who attended his master in his private quarters (see Bowerman), or a habitational name from any of various places, for example in Essex, named Bower or Bowers from this word.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant spelling of Hodder.
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, PORTER means "doorkeeper."
Surname or Lastname
German
German : topographic name for someone who lived by an elder tree, Middle High German holder, or from a house named for its sign of an elder tree. In same areas, for example Alsace, the elder tree was believed to be the protector of a house.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Holder ‘elder tree’.English (chiefly western counties) : occupational name for a tender of animals, from an agent derivative of Middle English hold(en) ‘to guard or keep’ (Old English h(e)aldan). It is possible that this word was also used in the wider sense of a holder of land within the feudal system. Compare Helder.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for the gatekeeper of a walled town or city, or the doorkeeper of a great house, castle, or monastery, from Middle English porter ‘doorkeeper’, ‘gatekeeper’ (Old French portier). The office often came with accommodation, lands, and other privileges for the bearer, and in some cases was hereditary, especially in the case of a royal castle. As an American surname, this has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other European languages, for example German Pförtner (see Fortner) and North German Poertner.English : occupational name for a man who carried loads for a living, especially one who used his own muscle power rather than a beast of burden or a wheeled vehicle. This sense is from Old French porteo(u)r (Late Latin portator, from portare ‘to carry or convey’).Dutch : occupational name from Middle Dutch portere ‘doorkeeper’. Compare 1.Dutch : status name for a freeman (burgher) of a seaport, Middle Dutch portere, modern Dutch poorter.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : adoption of the English or Dutch name in place of some Ashkenazic name of similar sound or meaning.
POWDER TOWN
POWDER TOWN
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Honest and Dignified
Biblical
same as Meshech
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Royal
Girl/Female
Indian
Dusky, Mother of Hanuman (Mother of Hanuman)
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish (of Norman origin)
English and Irish (of Norman origin) : topographic name from Middle English and Old French angle ‘angle’, ‘corner’ (Latin angulus). As an Irish surname, it can also be habitational, from a place in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, named with this word.Americanized spelling of German Angel or Engel.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Arkajit | à®…à®°à¯à®•ஜீதÂ
Girl/Female
Tamil
God of Raghavendra
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Lord Shiva's Chakra
Boy/Male
English Scandinavian American Scottish Norse Teutonic
Church.
Girl/Female
Hindu
God of war, Also known as Kartikeya, Murugan
POWDER TOWN
POWDER TOWN
POWDER TOWN
POWDER TOWN
POWDER TOWN
v. t.
To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.
a.
Resembling powder; consisting of powder.
n.
See Pouter.
n.
A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things.
a.
Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty; as, the powdery bloom on plums.
n.
A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
v. i.
To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.
v. t.
To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.
n.
Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.
n.
Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm.
v. t.
To play the pander for.
a.
Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery spar.
n.
The product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number.
v. t.
To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.
v. i.
To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.
n.
A mower.
v. t.
To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
n.
Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
n.
Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.