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Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage Dutch
Other Forms FormsSlager, Slaagers, Slegers, Sliggers

Meaning & History

Older form of modern Dutch slager "butcher" and slachter "slaughterer", derived from Old Germanic *slahaną "to hit, to strike; to kill".
Added 2/7/2020 by ShadyMouse
Edited 9/30/2024 by jocatchi