tawney

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈtɔː.ni/

Definition of tawney

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname from Norman.
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name

  1. A surname from Norman.

noun

  1. (alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable)Obsolete form of tawny.
    “Why increase the sons of Africa, by planting them in America, where we have so fair an opportunity, by excluding all Blacks and Tawneys, of increasing the lovely White and Red?”

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Etymology

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the villages of Saint-Aubin-du-Thenney and Saint-Jean-du-Thenney, both in Normandy.

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