English
Pilcher
English surname, from pilch + -er.
Formed from pilch + -er
Proto-Indo-European *pel-
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Latin pellis ‘skin, fur, hide’
Late Latin pellicius ‘made of skins’
Old English pylċe
Middle English pilche ‘a pelisse’
English pilch
Today it means
name A surname originating as an occupation.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Pilcher