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Purvis

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

Etymology

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

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