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Mosley

/ˈmoʊzli/

Mosley proper noun: a habitational surname.

Proper noun

Mosley

  1. A habitational surname.
    • Whether it is the soul food restaurant on 38th Street, where he and his father and trainer, Jack Mosley, dined earlier in the week, or at the workouts leading up Saturday's WBC welterweight championship rematch against Vernon Forrest at Conseco Fieldhouse, Mosley cannot go anywhere without hearing...2002 July 19, Damon Hack, “Boxing: Despite Not Having the Title, Mosley Garners Attention”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2021, retrieved 06 Jan 2014

Forms of Mosley

alternative formMoseley
alternative formMosely
alternative formMossley
alternative formMozeley
alternative formMozley

Origin of Mosley

From several places in England, including the derivations: * Old English mos (“peat bog”) + leah (“woodland, clearing”), equivalent to moss + -ley (“lea”). * Old English mus (“mouse”) + leah (“woodland, clearing”), equivalent to mouse + -ley (“lea”). * From the Old English byname Moll.

Words formed from Mosley

Questions about Mosley

What does Mosley mean?
Mosley means a habitational surname.
What part of speech is Mosley?
Mosley is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mosley?
Mosley is pronounced /ˈmoʊzli/ (US).

Words near Mosley in the dictionary

  1. Moslemized
  2. Moslemizes
  3. Moslemizing
  4. Moslemness
  5. Moslems
  6. Mosley
  7. Mosleyan
  8. Mosleyite
  9. Mosleyites
  10. moslings
  11. Mosman

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