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English word origin

Etymology of Rouse

* As an English surname, from Middle English and Anglo-Norman rous (“red-haired”), from Latin russus. * As a German surname, Americanized from Raus. * As a northern French and Walloon surname Rousé, variant of Rosé, Rose

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Unnumbered source etymology

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A surname. · A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States. · An unincorporated community in the town of Anderson, Iron County, Wisconsin.

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* As an English surname, from Middle English and Anglo-Norman rous (“red-haired”), from Latin russus. * As a German surname, Americanized from Raus. * As a northern French and Walloon surname Rousé, variant of Rosé, Rose.

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