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Telfer

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old French.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of telpher. alt-of, alternative

    "Passenger cages, for lifts and telfers."

  2. 2
    one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage wordnet

Etymology

Scottish and North English surname, from a personal name based on a byname for a strong man or ferocious warrior, from Old French tailler (“to cut”) + fer (“iron”).

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