Towle

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Placer County, California, United States, named after lumbermen George and Allen Towle. countable, uncountable

Etymology

* As an English surname, from Middle English Tolle, a pet form of Anglo-Norman Torald, common name in Normandy from Old Norse Thóraldr, from Þórr (“Thor”) + vald (“rule, power”) (from Proto-Germanic *waldą). * The Middle English name was also Anglicized from Old Norse Tóli; see Tooley. Compare also Tolson. * Also as an English surname, variant of Towell.

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