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The cossairt Surname

cossairt Name Meaning and History

  1. Variant spelling of Dutch Cossaert, probably a nickname for a confidante, sweetheart, or flatterer, from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch cosen ‘to whisper’.
  2. perhaps also a variant of the French nickname Cossard ‘lazybones’, ‘idle fellow’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of cossairt Families in the US in 1840
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    Joseph A. Cossairt, Jr. Roger Nichols 1
    COSSAIRT Danny Kaye and Ella Mae t42NormanIOOF 0

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