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Hare.

A surname transferred from the nickname.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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  1. A surname transferred from the nickname.

  2. Synonym of Sahtú.

  3. A hamlet in Broadway parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST2915).

  4. An unincorporated community in Williamson County, Texas, United States.

  5. A dialect of Slavey, an Athabaskan language.

Where this word comes from

* As an Irish surname, from ó hír (“descendant of Ír”), a personal name related to Old Irish sír (“long-lasting”). * Also as an Irish surname, from ó Haichir (“descendant of Aichear”), from aichear (“sharp”). * As an English surname, from the noun hare, originally as a nickname. * Also as an English surname, from Ayre. * Also as an English surname, from the obsolete Old English hær (“stone”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Hair. * As a French surname, from the verb harer (“to stir up, excite”), from Old French harier, from Frankish *hariōn, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (“to devastate, lay waste”). * As a German surname, variant of Harr.

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