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Brewer's: Son
(or descendant of). Norman, Fitz-; Gaelic, Mac; Welsh, Ap- (sometimes contracted into P, as P-richard); Irish, O'; Hebrew and Arabic, Ben-, all prefixes: English, -son; Russian, -vitch or -witch, postfixes.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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