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Owens

Owens proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Owens

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
    • Following the departure of Candace Owens from his outlet, Jewish right-wing media personality Ben Shapiro has been criticised for his 'untransparent' and 'censorship-driven' pro-Israel bias by fellow Conservative commentators, some of whom have gone as far as calling for Shapiro's outlet to be...2024 April 5, “Calls for Ben Shapiro's The Daily Wire to be renamed 'The Daily Israeli Wire' over its extreme pro-Israel bias”, in The New Arab, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025
  2. A township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
  3. An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri.
  4. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Ohio.
  5. An unincorporated community in Brown County, Texas.
  6. An unincorporated community in King George County, Virginia.

Forms of Owens

alternative formOwings

Origin of Owens

From Owen + -s (patronymic suffix).

Words formed from Owens

Questions about Owens

What does Owens mean?
Owens means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Owens?
Owens is a proper noun.

Words near Owens in the dictionary

  1. Owenism
  2. Owenist
  3. Owenite
  4. Owenites
  5. Owenmore
  6. Owens
  7. Owens Gap
  8. Owensboro
  9. Owensby
  10. Owensbys
  11. owensite

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