Definition of "Row"

Row¹

proper noun
plural Rows
1. A surname.

the Row²

proper noun
1. (historical, colloquial) Ellipsis of Paternoster Row, a former street in London, England, that was a centre of the publishing trade.
2. (colloquial) Ellipsis of Savile Row, a street in London, England, known for its traditional bespoke tailoring.
  Quotations
  Three points about this unobtrusive person showed promptly to the exercised eye that he was not a Row man pur sang. First, an irrepressible wrinkle or two in the waist of his frock-coat—denoting that he had not damned his tailor sufficiently to drive that tradesman up to the orthodox high pressure of cunning workmanship.
  1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, “‘We Frolic while ’Tis May’”, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. […], volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1873, page 20
  Its mission is to protect and promote the art of bespoke tailoring on The Row.
  2008, Mark Tungate, Branded Male: Marketing to Men, Kogan Page Publishers, page 51