cruchur (1246)
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cruchur (1246)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  croucher n.  DMLBS: ∅
crucher,  cruchere  
ls(loanword: M.E. )
le

These names can also be interpreted as derived from cruche1 'jug, pitcher', for a 'jug-maker or seller', or as a variant of crocer1, a 'cross-bearer, one who carries a cross before an archbishop'.

s.

1 name one who lives near a cross (?) (used as a surname): 
( 1246 )  Robert le Crucher  croucher n.
( 1277 )  Roger le Cruchur  croucher n.
( 1327 )  Adam le Cruchere  croucher n.
( 1357-1368? )  De Willelmo le Cruchere de Exemude de sede navis .ij. d.  186
crouched 
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