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poster Name Meaning and History
- Eastern German: habitational name for someone from any of various places called Post, Posta, or Postau.
- Eastern German: nickname for a person who regularly fasted, from Sorbian postar ‘faster’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a mailman, from German Post ‘mail’ + the agent suffix -er.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Mary W. Poster and Luther Edson(AR,TX,OK) |
 OldSecret
| 0 |
| poster |
LXASQ
| 6 |
| Leola Poster Arnold Poster | Tom Langlois | 0 |
| Poster/Canada/Ontario/Thunder Bay |
@@emposter@hotmail.com
| 5 |
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