"Keffer" meaning in All languages combined

See Keffer on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Keffers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Keffer (plural Keffers)
  1. A surname.

Noun [Pennsylvania German]

Forms: Keffer [plural]
Etymology: Compare German Käfer. Etymology templates: {{cog|de|Käfer}} German Käfer Head templates: {{head|pdc|noun|plural|Keffer|g=m}} Keffer m (plural Keffer)
  1. beetle Tags: masculine Derived forms: Kefferbrieh

Inflected forms

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          "text": "They exchanged phone numbers and when [Kirk] Keffer returned to the department, he told his supervisor the department needed to do something to help the young, ambitious man with an incredible work ethic.",
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