"Chalker" meaning in All languages combined

See Chalker on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Chalkers [plural]
Etymology: From an agent derivative of Old English geċealcian (“to whiten”), an occupational surname for a whitewasher, or a topographic surname for someone who lived on chalky ground. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|geċealcian||to whiten}} Old English geċealcian (“to whiten”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Chalkers}} Chalker (plural Chalkers)
  1. A surname from Old English.

Inflected forms

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