Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A surname. · A village in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD8725). · A town and municipality in Bharatpur District, Rajasthan, India. · An unincorporated village in Montcalm, Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun weir. Compare Wear, Ware. * Sometimes also a French surname, perhaps a version of Norman de la Were (“of the war”), see Warr. There is also the placename Wierre-au-Bois in Pas-de-Calais. * As an Irish surname, shortened and Anglicized from Mac an Mhaoir (“son of the steward”), see McNair. Also sometimes Anglicized from erroneous translations of names such as Ó Corra, Ó Comhraidhe, see Corr and Curry.
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- Derivation mentionde la Werenrf · of the war
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