[ANSTHRLD] Fwd: Name question

[kevinkeary at aol.com]

Well, let's see.

There's Roper, which once meant ropemaker but is now more often used to mean a cowboy who uses a lariat, and hence a shill that lures marks into crooked gambling joints.

Or Cotter, which once meant a peasant farmer (cottage-dweller) but now means a metal pin used to hold mechanical parts together.

Or my favorite, Coward, which as a surname has a different origin than the tail-tucking (or -showing) fleer from battles. It meant cow-herder like Shepherd meant sheep-herder.

Need more?

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Joseph & Michelle Baiocchi <jsanjen at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I am in need, for a school assignment, of an occupational name that
> means something different today than it did in medieval times. I'm
> stuck on this one. Can anyone help?
>
> What I need is an occupational name that became a surname, but means
> something different today.
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