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Dumas (surname)

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Dumas is a Southern French topographic surname, with fused preposition and definite article du, for someone who lived in an isolated dwelling in the country rather than in a village, from Occitan mas 'farmstead' (Late Latin mansum, mansus).[1]

People surnamed Dumas include:

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References

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  1. ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508137-4.