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Bowles

American

[bohlz] / boʊlz /

noun

Chester, 1901–86, U.S. statesman and author: special adviser on Afro-Asian and Latin American affairs; ambassador to India 1951–53, 1963–69.
Paul (Frederic), 1910?–1999, U.S. novelist and composer.
Samuel, 1826–78, U.S. journalist.

Bowles British

/ bəʊlz /

noun

Paul . 1910–99, US novelist, short-story writer, and composer, living in Tangiers. His novels include The Sheltering Sky (1949) and The Spider's House (1955)

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Anthony León is her lyrical tenor fiancé, Ernesto Petti Meg’s lordly loutish jealous husband and Nathan Bowles the loutish Dr. Caius.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Sydney had been raised by an eccentric Edwardian publisher and would-be Conservative political thinker, Thomas Bowles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

By that time in the “Bridgerton” production schedule, Dodd was simultaneously filming Season 4 and in rehearsals to play Sally Bowles in a West End production of “Cabaret.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

"At this point you've seen everything in the season," Bowles added.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

But Mr. Bowles was super nice, and he was always trying to get the other guys to include me and John.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

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