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Dictionary of
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Origin and Etymology of the Surname ARMISTEAD,
ARMSTEAD, ARMITSTEAD.
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From
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley,
A. Bardsley, 1901, and,
An Etymological Dictionary of
Family and Christian Names, by William Arthur, M. A., 1857.
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ARMISTEAD, ARMSTEAD, ARMITSTEAD.
A
local name meaning "at the Hermitstead," from residence at a
hermitage or hermit-stead. M.E. eremite, a hermit, pronounced armit; cf.
Clark and Clerk,
Darby and
Derby, &c. This has been a Yorkshire
surname for five centuries at least; see Armit/Hermit.
Arthur has: ARMISTEAD or ARMSTED.
(Saxon) The place of arms.
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