English (Yorkshire): metonymic occupational name for a maker of
habergeons, Middle English, Old French haubergeon. The
habergeon was a sleeveless jacket of mail or scale armor, which was
also worn for penance.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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