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Re: candian surnames
According to the French site: www.jtosti.com/noms this surname comes from the Northern Frenche region of Britany (Bretagne).
The origin is not really clear: it could come from the verb "chicaner"
that is to quibble or to cavil. So in fact a nickname for a lawyer or a person who works in a judicial sphere.
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This reply was not showing on the board when I posted mine. Still I think lawyer and liar are pretty much the same thing.
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