Schaefer

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Shepherd.

Etymology

From German Schaefer (“shepherd”), an occupational surname; from Middle High German schæfære, from late Old High German scāphare.

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