Moat is an
English and
Scottish
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*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
surname
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. The meaning of the name is "protective ditch". Notable people with the surname include:
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John Moat
Roger John Moat (11 September 1936 – 16 September 2014) was a British poet, and co-founder, with John Fairfax, of the Arvon Foundation
The Arvon Foundation is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom that promotes creative writing. ...
(1936–2014), British poet
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Raoul Moat
The 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt was a major police operation conducted across Tyne and Wear and Northumberland with the objective of apprehending fugitive Raoul Moat. After killing one person and wounding two others in a two-day shooting s ...
(1973–2010), British perpetrator of the 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt
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Richard Moat (born 1954), British businessman
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William Pollock Moat
William Pollock Moat (1827–1895) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament (New Zealand), Member of Parliament from Auckland, New Zealand.
Pollock represented the Warkworth electorate in the Auckland Provincial Council from 18 November 1873 ...
(1827–1895), New Zealand politician
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Surnames of Scottish origin
English-language surnames