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Origine of last name

HUNTER : 1: Scottish and northern English: occupational name from Middle English hunter(e) ‘huntsman’ (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hunt">Hunt</a>).2: Irish (Antrim and Derry): adopted for Gaelic Ó Fiaich (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Fee">Fee</a>) due to confusion with the word fiadhach ‘hunt’.3: In some cases also an Americanized form (mistranslation into English; compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Chasse">Chasse</a> 3) of French Canadian Chassé (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Chasse">Chasse</a> 1).

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