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[Surname] Copperwheat
There was a contestant on last night's episode of The Crystal Maze with that surname, but I can't find it here. What's its meaning?
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Copper here is basically a variant of cooper, barrel maker, and thwaite is clearing, borrowed from Old Norse, with a related OE verb meaning cut. Loss of invoiced th is typical of many names in the Norman period.
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