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Boulanger : French and Walloon: occupational name for a baker originally the man responsible for dividing the dough into boules ‘balls’. The name is comparatively late in origin (12th century) and partly replaced the older Fournier only in northern France and in Wallonia (Belgium). Compare Baker.

Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press

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