Arbeiter
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Arbeiter
Frequency: (155)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German (southeast): occupational name from Middle High German arbeiter ‘laborer’.
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Rote Signale
(work)
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(guest worker)
Der Arbeiter-Fotograf
(photography)
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