The brouse Surname
brouse Name Meaning and History
- French: altered form of Brosse, which has at least two possible origins:
- a topographic name for someone who lived in a scrubby area of country, from Old French broce ‘brushwood’, ‘scrub’ (Late Latin bruscia), or a habitational name from any of various minor places named with this word.
- occupational name for a brush maker, from the same Old French word in the transferred sense ‘brush’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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