Mounce

M3O1U1N1C3E1

proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld French Moion ← Gaulish *dūnon →
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Meanings

Mounce1

proper nounMounce (plural Mounces)

plural Mounces

  1. A surname.

Mounce2

proper noun
  1. A male given name.

Origin

Mounce · proper noun

  1. Gaulish*dūnon“fort”
  2. Old FrenchMoion
  3. EnglishMounce

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from Moyon in Manche, from Old French Moion, from the Latin anthroponym Modius possibly suffixed with -onem or Gaulish *dūnon (“fort”). Compare Moon. * As a German and Alemannic German surname, Americanized from Manz.

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Mounce · proper noun

  1. SwedishMåns
  2. EnglishMounce

From Swedish Måns.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

Mounce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mounce

MLA

“Mounce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mounce. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mounce,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mounce.

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