Maurice

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /məˈɹis/, /mɔˈɹis/
• (RP) IPA: /məˈɹiːs/, /ˈmɒɹɪs/

Proper noun

1. A male given name.
   • 1951 Graham Greene, The End of the Affair, Viking Press, page 5:

     For some reason I am a man known by his surname; I might never have been christened for all the use my friends make of the rather affected Maurice my literary parents gave me.

2. Surname

Related terms

• Morris

Translations

• French: Maurice
• German: Moritz
• Italian: Maurizio
• Portuguese: Maurício
• Russian: Маври́кий
• Spanish: Mauricio

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