'''Mostert''' or '''Mostaert''' 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.<ref>[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=mostert&gba_naam=Mostert&nfd_naam=Mostert&operator=eq&taal= Mostert] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands</ref> 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 * {{illm|Heinz Mostert|de||nl|}} (born 1949), German football defender * {{illm|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
==See also== *Mostert's Mill, historic windmill in Cape Town, South Africa *Moster (disambiguation)
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