The boozer Surname
boozer Name Meaning and History
- it could be a topographic name for someone living in an area planted with bushes, French bussière, or a habitational name from any of various minor places in Essex, perhaps named with this word.
- alternatively it may be a nickname for a heavy drinker, from an agent derivative of Middle English bouse(n) ‘to drink’, ‘to booze’ (from Middle Dutch busen) or Middle English bous, boos ‘intoxicating drink’ (from Middle Dutch buse).
- lastly, it could be an occupational name for a stockman, from a derivative of Middle English bos(e), buse ‘stall for livestock’, ‘cowstall’, ‘manger’ (from Old English bos).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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