"Bayer" meaning in English

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Proper name

Rhymes: -eɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Borrowed from German Bayer. The surname is converged from both Bavaria and Middle High German beieren (“to ring a bell”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|de|Bayer}} Borrowed from German Bayer, {{der|en|gmh|beieren||to ring a bell}} Middle High German beieren (“to ring a bell”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bayer
  1. A surname from German [in turn originating as an ethnonym]. Derived forms: Bayer filter
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