Meanings
alternative Moseley · alternative Mosely · alternative Mossley · alternative Mozeley · alternative Mozley
- A habitational surname.
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Whether it is the soul food restaurant on 38th Street, where he and his father and trainer, Jack Mosley, dined earlier in the week, or at the workouts leading up Saturday's WBC welterweight championship rematch against Vernon Forrest at Conseco Fieldhouse, Mosley cannot go anywhere without hearing the shouts of supporters who want to get close to him.
2002 July 19, Damon Hack, “Boxing: Despite Not Having the Title, Mosley Garners Attention”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2021, retrieved 06 Jan 2014
Origin
- Old Englishmos“peat bog”
- EnglishMosley
From several places in England, including the derivations: * Old English mos (“peat bog”) + leah (“woodland, clearing”), equivalent to moss + -ley (“lea”). * Old English mus (“mouse”) + leah (“woodland, clearing”), equivalent to mouse + -ley (“lea”). * From the Old English byname Moll.
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Cite this entry
Mosley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mosley
“Mosley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mosley. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mosley,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mosley.
Source: Mosley on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.