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Shear.

A surname.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name
  1. A surname.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English schyre (“pure, bright, fair”). Also a German surname, variant of Schier, itself a variant of Scheuer or from a cognate of the Middle English word.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.