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Meese

Meese

19 9.1
A family name people have as their last name
  • proper noun
  • /miːs/
translation icon : Meese
  • No, I look at this as a former chief of staff to an attorney general, Ed Meese, if somebody had come to Ed Meese.
  • Edwin Meese
  • Attorney General Meese
  • General Meese

Examples

  • McIntosh became a special assistant to Attorney General Edwin Meese and President Reagan.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Elizabeth Meese is a professor of English and an adjunct professor of women's studies at the University of Alabama.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Former Attorney General Meese agrees.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Among them are the leaders of the Reagan Justice Department, Edwin Meese III and William Bradford Reynolds.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The "original intent" declamations of Robert Bork, former Attorney General Ed Meese, and others received plenty of attention in the daily newspapers.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Otis became an assistant attorney general in the Meese Justice Department, then clerked for Scalia at the Supreme Court.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Although his successor, Richard Thornburgh, rescinded the order in 1989, Meese's action was a valediction in keeping with the spirit of the times.

    Academic text (1990)

  • In February 1984, shortly after President Reagan nominated White House Counselor Edwin Meese III to succeed Attorney General William French Smith, multiple allegations against Meese arose during his confirmation hearings.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Former Attorney General Ed Meese played a significant role in the Reagan administration.

  • Ed Meese was known for his strong conservative views during his time in office.

Synonyms

last name
vsMeese
  • US
300 1.0

A name people in the same family share, usually after the first name

is the inherited surname term without focusing on name order
family name
vsMeese
34 1.0

The name a person shares with other family members, not the given name

is the inherited surname used specifically by a single family

Surface Forms

Meese main

Etymology

Meese as a family name probably began as a place name: people were often named after the village, river, or land where they lived, so someone 'of Meese' became the surname Meese. That's why Meese is used today as a last name.