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Rawls

Rawls proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name. Also the plural of Rawl.

Proper noun

Rawls (plural Rawlses)

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
    1. John Rawls (1921–2002), American political philosopher.

Also used as

Rawls is also the plural of Rawl.

Forms of Rawls

pluralRawlses

Origin of Rawls

Patronymic from a medieval form of the personal name Ralph.

Words formed from Rawls

Questions about Rawls

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

Words near Rawls in the dictionary

  1. Rawleys
  2. Rawlings
  3. Rawlins
  4. Rawlins County
  5. Rawlinson
  6. Rawls
  7. Rawlses
  8. Rawlsian
  9. Rawlsianism
  10. Rawlsians
  11. rawly

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