A surname originating as a patronymic. / A male given name from the Germanic languages, transferred back from the surname. Short form: Howie.

(informal) An informal greeting.

(Scotland) A wife, a midwife.

(transitive) To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"

A cannon that combines certain characteristics of field guns and mortars, delivering projectiles with medium velocities, usually with relatively high trajectories.

To attack with a howitzer.

Alternative form of how-d'ye-do

A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or camel.

(informal) How are.

how did / how had / how would