meese

Meese is a surname found in English-speaking countries, with variant spellings such as Meece and Mease reflecting historical shifts in pronunciation and orthography. The name is carried by individuals across fields including government, academia, and business, though it is not associated with a single lineage or region.

Notable people with the surname include Edwin Meese III, commonly known as Ed Meese, born in 1931, an American lawyer and public official who served as the United States Attorney General under President Ronald Reagan from 1985 to 1988.

In popular usage, "meese" is sometimes humorously cited as a plural form of moose, though standard English usage uses "moose" as the plural and "meese" is treated as a jocular or fictional form.