English Explanatory Dictionary

Purvis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Purvis Purvises Purves

Etymology

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

Derived words

nervous Purvis
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