French: nickname for a greedy or voracious man, from Old French
goulet ‘gullet’, a diminutive of goule ‘throat’ (Latin
gula). It may also be in part a topographic name for someone
who lived by a narrow pass or defile.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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