"Carraher" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Carrahers [plural]
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhearchair (“son of Fearchar”), a personal name composed of the elements fear (“man”) + car (“dear, beloved”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|Mac Fhearchair||son of Fearchar}} Irish Mac Fhearchair (“son of Fearchar”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Carrahers}} Carraher (plural Carrahers)
  1. A surname from Irish. Synonyms: Caraher, Caraker, Carragher, Carreker, Carriger, Carriker, Corriher, Karriker
    Sense id: en-Carraher-en-name-O~oc0EH- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames

Inflected forms

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