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Purves

Purves proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Purves (countable and uncountable, plural Purveses)

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Erath County, Texas, United States.

Forms of Purves

pluralPurveses

Origin of Purves

Variant of Purvis.

Questions about Purves

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

Words near Purves in the dictionary

  1. purusharthas
  2. purushas
  3. Purushottam
  4. purvalanol
  5. Purvanchal
  6. Purves
  7. Purveses
  8. purvey
  9. purveyable
  10. purveyal
  11. purveyals

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