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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Elgar. · A surname.
* As an English surname, when pronounced with a soft g, from the Middle English personal name Alger, borrowed from Old French Aug(i)er, of Germanic origin, from *Adalgari, composed of *aþal (“noble”) + *gaiʀ (“spear”). Compare Auger. * When pronounced with a hard g it is a variant of Algar. As a Scottish and English surname, it may be a variant of Algeo.
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- Derivation mentionAug(i)erfro
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