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Tawney¹

  • /ˈtɔː.ni/

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Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the villages of Saint-Aubin-du-Thenney and Saint-Jean-du-Thenney, both in Normandy.

proper noun Tawneys · Taney

  1. A surname from Norman.

tawney²

noun tawneys

  1. countable, obsolete, uncountable Obsolete 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?

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"tawney." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tawney. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tawney. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tawney

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"tawney." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tawney.

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@misc{tawney_2026,
  title = {tawney},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tawney},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}