Polster
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Frequency: (539)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German: from Middle High German polster ‘cushion’, ‘pillow’, ‘bolster’ (Old High German polstar), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of pillows, or a nickname for a plump man.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
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Bolster
(family name)
Mein Boss Bin Ich
(2001 Culture & Society Film)
Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht
(2006 Album by Gisela May)
Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht
(Classical Album)
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