Definitions for Maurice
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1. Mauricenoun

   A male given name from Latin.

   For some reason I am a man known by his surname; I might never have been christened for all the use my friends make of the rather affected Maurice my literary parents gave me.

2. Mauricenoun

   A patronymic surname.

3. Etymology: From Late Latin Mauritius, derived from Maurus ("Moor; dark, swarthy"). Popularized by a 3rd-century Roman soldier martyr.

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1. Maurice

   Maurice was Byzantine Emperor from 582 to 602. A prominent general in his youth, Maurice fought with success against the Sassanid Persians. Once he became Emperor, he brought the war with Persia to a victorious conclusion: the Empire's eastern border in the Caucasus was vastly expanded and for the first time in nearly two centuries the Romans were no longer obliged to pay the Persians thousands of pounds of gold annually for peace. Maurice campaigned extensively in the Balkans against the Avars – pushing them back across the Danube by 599. He also conducted campaigns across the Danube, the first Emperor to do so in over two hundred years. In the West, he established two large semi-autonomous provinces called exarchates, ruled by exarchs, or viceroys, of the emperor. In Italy, Maurice established the Exarchate of Ravenna in 584, the first real effort by the Empire to halt the advance of the Lombards. With the creation of the Exarchate of Africa in 590, he further solidified the empire's hold on the western Mediterranean. His reign was troubled by financial difficulties and almost constant warfare. In 602, a dissatisfied general named Phocas usurped the throne, having Maurice and his six sons executed. This event would prove cataclysmic for the Empire, sparking a devastating war with Persia that would leave both empires weakened prior to the Muslim invasions.

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1. maurice

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1. MAURICE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maurice is ranked #8430 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Maurice surname appeared 3,919 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Maurice.
   
   64.1% or 2,514 total occurrences were White.
   28.3% or 1,112 total occurrences were Black.
   3.2% or 128 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.7% or 109 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 39 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 17 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Anagrams for Maurice »

1. uraemic

How to pronounce Maurice?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Maurice in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Maurice in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Maurice in a Sentence

1. Terry Schulman:

   Known in the 1920s as ‘Goddess of the Silver Screen,’ Dolores Costello was one-third of the first great family of movie stars, her father, Maurice Costello, was the first screen heartthrob, her sister Helene starred in the first all-talking picture.

2. Allee Willis:

   The, kind of, go-to phrase that Maurice used in every song he wrote was ba-dee-ya, so right from the beginning he was singing, Ba-dee-ya, say, do you remember / Ba-dee-ya, dancing in September. And I said, Wearegoing to change ba-dee-ya to real words,right?

3. Corinne Fesseau:

   Today Maurice has won a battle for the whole of France.

4. Barry Gibb:

   Of course [I miss them], we spent over 40 years around one microphone; how do you ever get past that? You dont. But if I get the opportunity to be on stage, as far as I can tell, theyre right there with me. I can still smell the cologne that Maurice used. When youre around one microphone, there are things you just never forget.

5. Sean Bailey:

   When you're able to bring wonderful casts to some of these characters -- that haven't been realized in live action... you can sort of bring layers and texture, if you look at something like 'Beauty and the Beast,' well, why is Belle's father, Maurice, so protective? Why is she in the provincial town? You can expand the stories and enhance the stories.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maurice
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Maurice
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html