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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish and northern Irish : from Middle English, Old French armure, blended with the agent noun armer (see Armer), hence an occupational name for a maker of arms and armor. The collective noun armure denoted offensive weapons as well as the more recently specialized sense of protective gear.

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