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Hansard

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : metonymic occupational name for a cutler, from Old French hansard, hansart ‘cutlass’, ‘dagger’ (of Germanic origin, composed of elements meaning ‘hand’ and ‘knife’ (see Sachs)).

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