Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bowditch
1 sense of bowditch
Sense 1
Bowditch, Nathaniel Bowditch -- (United States mathematician and astronomer noted for his works on navigation (1773-1838))
INSTANCE OF=> mathematician -- (a person skilled in mathematics)
INSTANCE OF=> astronomer, uranologist, stargazer -- (a physicist who studies astronomy)