Bosher

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proper noun

A surname originating as an occupation.

OriginMiddle English bossher ← Old French boschier →
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Meanings

proper nounBosher (plural Boshers)

plural Boshers · alternative Boshers

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchboschier
  2. Middle Englishbossher
  3. EnglishBosher

Metonymic occupational surname from Middle English bossher, bussher (“wood seller”), itself from Old French boschier, buschier (“wood seller”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Shober
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APA

Bosher. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bosher

MLA

“Bosher.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bosher. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bosher,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bosher.

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