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Dictionary of
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ANKERMAN.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901.
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ANKERMAN.
An occupational name meaning
"the ankerman," i.e. the servant of the anker or hermit, now generally
styled an anchorite; but ancre was the earlier form. Cf. Matthewman,
Monkman,
Priestman,
Vickerman, Armetman
(v. Armet), &c., all Yorkshire surnames.
"An anchor's cheer in
prison be my scope."
Hamlet, iii. 2.
Cotgrave has ankrosse,
a female hermit.
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