Doss

See also: DOSS and doss

English

Proper noun

Doss (plural Dosses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Doss is the 1687^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 21366 individuals. Doss is most common among White (71.18%) and Black/African American (23.51%) individuals.

See also

• Doss (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• DSOs, SDOs, OSDs, dsos, sods

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• tos (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese doce, from Old Galician-Portuguese doce, from Latin dulcis, from Proto-Italic *dulkwis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtos/
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: Doss

Noun

Doss m (plural Doss, diminutive Dossje)

1. cookie; biscuit
2. (strictly) Christmas cookie

   Synonym: Weinachtsdoss

Derived terms

• Butterdoss
• Honichdoss
• Sterrikdoss
• Weinachtsdoss
• Zimmetdoss

 

References

• André Kuster-Cid, Eduardo Fausto Kuster Cid (2018) “bolacha”, in Dicionário renano-hunsrik: português (in Portuguese), Vitória: Cousa, →ISBN, page 33, column 1
• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Doss”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 37, column 2