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The brassard Surname

brassard Name Meaning and History

  1. from a derivative of Old French braz ‘arm’, possibly applied as a nickname for someone of exceptional strength or a pugilist.
  2. metonymic occupational name for an armorer, from brassard ‘armor for the arm’.
  3. occupational name for a brewer, from a derivative of brasser ‘to brew (beer)’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of brassard Families in the US in 1920
Number of brassard families
 28-53
 10-27		 1-9
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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