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Mowbray
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An English surname of Norman origin, also the name of suburbs in Australia and South Africa.
"The Mowbray family held a barony in medieval England."
Word Forms
Mowbrays plural
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Etymology
A habitational surname from the village of Montbray in Normandy, from Old French mont ("hill") and brai ("mud").