bowles

B3O1W4L1E1S1

proper noun

A surname.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

bowles1

noun
  1. pluralplural of bowle

Bowles2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

    The bodies of 19-year-old best friends Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones were returned to Australia on Tuesday night.

    2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2024

Origin

Variant of Bowell with post-medieval excrescent -s.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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