German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a maker or
repairer of shoes, Middle High German schuochsutære (a
compound of schuoch ‘shoe’ + sutære ‘one who
sews’), German Schuster, Yiddish shuster.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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