"Leech" meaning in English

See Leech in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Leeches [plural], Leach [alternative]
Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Leach. * As an Irish surname, from Liaigh (“physician”) (a calque of the English surname) or Ó Laoghóg (“descendant of Laoghóg”) and Ó Maolmhaodhóg (“descendant of Maolmhaodhóg”); see Logue. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|-}} Irish Head templates: {{en-proper noun|es}} Leech (plural Leeches)
  1. A surname originating as an occupation, derived from the profession leech, a former word for a physician.
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