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Quarleses

Quarleses is the plural of Quarles.

Meaning of Quarles

Proper noun

Quarles (countable and uncountable, plural Quarleses)

  1. A hamlet in Holkham parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF883387).
  2. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri, United States.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.
    • I have been reading lately what of [Francis] Quarles's poetry I could get. He was a contemporary of [George] Herbert, and a kindred spirit.1843 October 16, Henry David Thoreau, “To Mrs. Emerson”, in F[ranklin] B[enjamin] Sanborn, editor, The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: Familiar Letters, volume VI (Familiar Letters), Boston, Mass....
  4. A pseudonym of Edgar Allan Poe.

Questions about Quarleses

What is Quarleses the plural of?
Quarleses is the plural of Quarles.

Words near Quarleses in the dictionary

  1. quarks
  2. quarkyonic
  3. quarl
  4. quarle
  5. quarles
  6. Quarleses
  7. Quarlesian
  8. quarls
  9. Quarmby
  10. Quarmbys
  11. Quarndon

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