Etymology

Challoner

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Today it means: A surname originating as an occupation. Full definition →

Middle English chaloun
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The story

  1. Middle English · derived fromchaloun“blanket”
  2. English todayChalloner

Occupational surname for a maker or seller of blankets, from Middle English chaloun (“blanket”) + -er.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.