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Dictionary of
Family Names
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Origin of the Surname CATER,
CATOR, CATERER.
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From A Dictionary
of English and Welsh Surnames, by C. W. E. Bardsley, A. Bardsley,
1901.
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CATER, CATOR, CATERER.
An official name meaning "the cater," a caterer, more correctly a
cater, contracted from acatour, a buyer for a house. 'Of which
achatours mighten take ensemple': Chaucer, C. T. 'Catour of a
gentylmans house, despensier': Palsgrave. 'Catours, manciples,
spencers, cokes': 1459. Mun. Acad. Oxon., p. 346; v. Chater. The
final er in Caterer is a needless addition, as in poulterer and
upholsterer. It occurs early.
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Reference
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Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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Names Index |
| A,
B, C,
D, E,
F, G,
H, I,
J, K,
L, M,
N, O,
P, Q,
R, S,
T, U,
V, W,
X, Y,
Z
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