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Purvis

Purvis proper noun: a surname from Middle English.

Proper noun

Purvis (countable and uncountable, plural Purvises)

  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Mississippi, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Camden County, Missouri, United States.

Forms of Purvis

pluralPurvises
alternative formPurves

Origin of Purvis

Perhaps from Middle English purveys (“provisions, supplies”), hence a metonymic occupational surname for an official responsible of obtaining supplies.

Words formed from Purvis

Questions about Purvis

What does Purvis mean?
Purvis means a surname from Middle English.
What part of speech is Purvis?
Purvis is a proper noun.

Words near Purvis in the dictionary

  1. purveys
  2. Purviance
  3. Purviances
  4. purview
  5. purviews
  6. Purvis
  7. Purvises
  8. purvo
  9. purvoe
  10. purvoes
  11. purvos

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