Card

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Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsMcCard
Edit Status Statusnot set
Contributor Contrib.TanorFaux on 6/20/2017

Meaning & History

English: metonymic occupational name for someone who carded wool (i.e. disentangled it), preparatory to spinning, from Middle English, Old French card(e) ‘carder’, an implement used for this purpose. Reduced form of Irish MCCARD.