Bowery

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A street and a district of New York City, whose residents were traditionally of a low socioeconomic class.

Adjective

• Characteristic of this street; swaggering; flashy.

Origin

• Unexplained. Perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived in a small cottage, from Middle English bour ("chamber, cottage") or, alternatively, an occupational surname for someone who worked there.
• From Middle Dutch bouwerie ("farm").