English: variant spelling of Fosse.Danish:
from fos, vos ‘fox’; a nickname for a sly or cunning
person or a habitational name for someone living at a house
distinguished by the sign of a fox.Norwegian: habitational name
from a farmstead so named from Old Norse fors ‘waterfall’,
examples of which are found throughout Norway.Altered spelling of
German Voss or the Dutch cognate Vos.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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