name
Purvis
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An English surname, originally an occupational name for someone responsible for obtaining supplies.
"Purvis is the county seat of Lamar County, Mississippi."
Word Forms
Purvises plural
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_____ is the county seat of Lamar County, Mississippi.
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle English purveys ("provisions, supplies"), an occupational surname for a supplies official.