Mauldin

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

  1. A family name of English origin, borne by people such as the cartoonist Bill Mauldin ; a small city in Greenville County, South Carolina, in the southeastern United States
  2. A surname carried by various families in English-speaking countries ; a municipality located in Greenville County in the state of South Carolina
  3. An English-origin family name shared by many people ; a city lying in Greenville County, in the American state of South Carolina

Etymology: Mauldin is chiefly used as a surname, so it names a family rather than a word with a history of its own. The spelling alone does not reliably reveal where the name came from.