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Maurice

//məˈɹis// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Morris.

    "For some reason I am a man known by his surname; I might never have been christened for all the use my friends make of the rather affected Maurice my literary parents gave me."

  2. 2
    A surname originating as a patronymic, equivalent to English Morris.

Etymology

From Middle English Maurice, from Late Latin Mauritius, derived from Maurus (“Moor; dark, swarthy”). Popularized by a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyr.

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