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cowan
CIDE DICTIONARY
cowan, n. [Cf. OF. couillon a coward, a cullion.].
One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship.
"Among Freemasons, it is a cant term for pretender, interloper."
[1913 Webster]
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