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Bender

  1. German: occupational name for a cooper, a short form of Fassbender.
  2. English: from an agent derivative of Old English bendan'to bend (the bow)', hence probably a metonymic occupational name for an archer. Compare Benbow.
  3. Hungarian: from bender 'curl', hence a nickname for someone with curly hair.

Fassbender - German: occupational name for a cooper, (standard German Fassbinder) from Middle High German faz'cask', 'barrel' + binder 'joiner'. This is a term used in northern Germany; terms used in other German-speaking regions are Böttcher, Büttner, Küfer, and Schäffler.

Bendow - English (Shropshire): from Middle English bend(en) 'to bend' + bowe 'bow', hence a metonymic occupational name for an archer.

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