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Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage English

Meaning & History

Metonymic occupational name for a Skinner, from Old English scinn, Middle English shin ‘hide’, ‘pelt’. In Middle English this word was replaced by the Norse equivalent, skinn.
Added 8/29/2016 by TanorFaux