Bowles

American  

[bohlz] / boʊlz /

noun

1. Chester, 1901–86, U.S. statesman and author: special adviser on Afro-Asian and Latin American affairs; ambassador to India 1951–53, 1963–69.

2. Paul (Frederic), 1910?–1999, U.S. novelist and composer.

3. Samuel, 1826–78, U.S. journalist.

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Bowles British  

/ bəʊlz /

noun

1. 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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Two Danish citizens, an American, a Briton and two Australians -- Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones -- died following what media said was a night out on the town in Vang Vieng in November 2024.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

Dame Jilly was a long-standing friend of the Queen and based her fictional seducer and show-jumping lothario Rupert Campbell-Black partly on her ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Bowles said in offices where the company struggled to retain workers postmerger, it added perks like refreshment fridges, with soft drinks, sparkling water and healthy snacks like fruit and cheese.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 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

Mrs. Bowles was a straight-backed woman dressed in Quaker gray.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson