Mowat
Proper noun
Meaning
Mowat (plural Mowats)
A surname.
Phrases with the word
Examples
Charles Loch Mowat, Britain between the Wars 1918-1940 (1955) pp 246-50 In radio, British audiences had no choice apart from the upscale programming of the BBC, a government agency which had a monopoly on broadcasting.
Charles Loch Mowat, Britain between the Wars 1918-1940 (1955) pp 246-50 The British showed a more profound interest in sports, and in greater variety, that any rival.
Farley Mowat, p. 43 Fourth, and perhaps most significantly, they were able to reach 77° 45' North latitude, a record which held for 236 years. citation Bylot and Baffin's work in Baffin Bay was doubted by cartographers back in England.
Farley Mowat, p. 36 Upon return to England, Bylot was tried as a mutineer but was pardoned.
Historian Charles Mowat calls these two laws "Socialism by the back door," and notes how surprised politicians were when the costs to the Treasury soared during the high unemployment of 1921.
Charles Loch Mowat, Britain between the Wars: 1918–1940 (1955) pp 43–46 The Unemployment Insurance Act of 1920 passed at a time of very little unemployment.