nickname for an old man or someone with prematurely
gray hair, from Middle English hore, Old English har
‘gray’.topographic name for someone who lived by a slope or
shore, Old English ora, or a habitational name from any of
the places named with this word, as for example Oare in Kent,
Berkshire, and Wiltshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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