tawney

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/ˈtɔː.ni/

proper noun

A surname from Norman.

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Meanings

tawney1

nountawney (countable and uncountable, plural tawneys)

plural tawneys

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete 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?

    1751, Benjamin Franklin, Observations Concerning the Increase of Mankind, Peopling of Countries, etc.

Tawney2

proper nounTawney (plural Tawneys)

plural Tawneys · alternative Taney

  1. A surname from Norman.

Origin

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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APA

tawney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawney

MLA

“tawney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawney. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tawney,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawney.

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