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Prowse

Prowse proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Prowse (plural Prowses)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Prowse

pluralProwses
alternative formProws

Origin of Prowse

* As an English surname, variant of Prue. * Also as an English surname, from the toponym Prussia. * As a German surname, Americanized from Prause, Praus. Compare Sprouse.

Words formed from Prowse

Questions about Prowse

What does Prowse mean?
Prowse means a surname.
What part of speech is Prowse?
Prowse is a proper noun.

Words near Prowse in the dictionary

  1. prowoman
  2. proword
  3. prowords
  4. proworker
  5. prows
  6. Prowse
  7. Prowses
  8. Prowseton
  9. prox
  10. prox-
  11. prox.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Prowse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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