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pointer Name Meaning and History
- English (Norfolk): occupational name from Middle English pointer ‘point maker’, an agent derivative of point, a term denoting a lace or cord used to fasten together doublet and hose (Old French pointe ‘point’, ‘sharp end’). Reaney suggests that in some cases Pointer may have been an occupational name for a tiler or slater whose job was to point the tiles, i.e. render them with mortar where they overlapped.
- Possibly an altered form of German Pointner, a variant of Bainter.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Looking for Siblings of Joseph L. Pointer. A Chicago Police at the time of death. | Jocelyne Hardy | 3 |
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