Bowles
American political surname
Bowles is an English surname, from a word meaning bowl—originally identifying someone who made or sold bowls.
Notable bearers include Paul Bowles, the American writer who spent most of his life in Morocco, and Samuel Bowles, the influential 19th-century newspaper editor.
The Bowles family has lived in this county for generations.
literary
One living abroad permanently
- MoroccoNorthwest African kingdom
- Beat GenerationFifties literary counterculture movement
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- short storiesBrief prose narratives
existential · desert · alienation · postwar · nihilism · North Africa · composer · avant-garde
expatriate
One living abroad permanently
- MoroccoNorthwest African kingdom
- Beat GenerationFifties literary counterculture movement
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
short stories · existential · desert · alienation · postwar · nihilism · North Africa · composer · avant-garde
genealogy
Study of family descent
clan · kin · descendants · heritage · dynasty · relatives · kinship · pedigree · ancestors · family tree
- mixing bowlContainer for combining ingredients
- bowling ballWeighted sphere for toppling pins
- bowling alleyPin-knocking establishment
- sugar bowlLidded container for sweetener
- dog bowlCanine feeding container
- toilet bowlPorcelain waste receptacle