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Mostert is a Dutch and Afrikaans metonymic occupational surname. Meaning "mustard", it originally referred to a mustard miller or salesman. The Middle Dutch spelling Mostaert and modern Dutch spelling Mosterd are among variant forms of the surname. People with these surnames include:

• Chaz Mostert (born 1992), Australian racing driver
• Chris Mostert (born ca. 1950), Dutch saxophonist
• Franco Mostert (born 1990), South African rugby player
• Frederick Mostert (born 1959), South African trademark attorney and legal writer
• Gerhard Mostert (born 1984), South African rugby player
• Heinz Mostert [de; nl] (born 1949), German football defender
• Henk Mostert [de; nl] (1925–2002), Dutch correspondence chess player and president
• Herman Mostert (born 1969), South African rugby player
• JP Mostert (born 1988), South African rugby player
• Joseph Mostert (1912–1967), Belgian middle-distance runner
• Karla Mostert (born 1990), South African netball player
• Mark Mostert (born 1950s), South African-born American non-fiction writer
• Mary Mostert (1929–2016), American Mormon missionary and writer
• Natasha Mostert, South African novelist and screenwriter
• Nicol Mostert (born 1985), South African rugby player
• Phil Mostert (1898–1972), South African rugby player
• Raheem Mostert (born 1992), American football running back

Mostaert

• Antoon Mostaert (1881–1971), Belgian Roman Catholic missionary in Inner Mongolia
• Frans Mostaert (1528–1598), Flemish landscape painter, twin brother of Gillis
• Gillis Mostaert (1528–1560), Flemish landscape painter, twin brother of Frans
• Jan Mostaert (c.1475–1553), Dutch portrait painter, possibly grandfather of Frans and Gillis
• Marjoné Mostert (2005)

See also

• Mostert's Mill, historic windmill in Cape Town, South Africa
• Moster (disambiguation)

References

1. Mostert at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands

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