French and Walloon: occupational name for a baker originally the man responsible for dividing the dough into boules ‘balls’. The name is comparatively late in origin (12th century) and partly replaced the older [...]
French and Walloon: occupational name for a baker originally the man responsible for dividing the dough into boules ‘balls’. The name is comparatively late in origin (12th century) and partly replaced the older [...]