"Boller" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Bollers [plural]
Etymology: * As a south German and Swiss/Alemannic German surname Böller, from several places named Boll, from both Middle High German bolle (“round container”) and Middle Low German bolle (“something ball-shaped”), ultimately from the root of bowl. * Also as a south German and Swiss German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German bollen (“to bluster”), perhaps imitative. * Also as a German surname, from a Low German shortening of Baldwin. * As a Hungarian surname Böllér, from the noun böllér “butcher, pigsticker”. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|gsw|-}} Alemannic German, {{der|en|gmh|bolle|t=round container}} Middle High German bolle (“round container”), {{der|en|gml|bolle|t=something ball-shaped}} Middle Low German bolle (“something ball-shaped”), {{cog|gmh|bollen|t=to bluster}} Middle High German bollen (“to bluster”), {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative, {{der|en|nds|-}} Low German, {{der|en|hu|-}} Hungarian, {{m-g|butcher, pigsticker}} “butcher, pigsticker” Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Boller (plural Bollers)
  1. A surname.

Inflected forms

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