"Grossman"
hi, does anybody have any idea where the last name of "grossman came from?? I know it's German...
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http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=Grossmann&submit.x=0&submit.y=0"Groß" could refer to the size (tall or big) or to the wealth and social status of the bearer. Or else it could mean "someone who swaggers".
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