Glau and Goulart?
Whats the origin of the surnames Glau and Goulart?

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Goulart is French; it may mean "glutton", or might be a metonymic for a fisherman, goulart was also the word for a device for catching fish. Perhaps it swallowed them up like a glutton. (All from Albert Dauzat.)
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