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kawijomo | 08:16 Sun 06th Jan 2002 | People & Places
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What is the origin of the surname "Slaughter"?
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I think it is job related....slaughterman.
11:54 Tue 08th Jan 2002
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It's probably derived from the old English slohtre, meaning a muddy place. This in turn moves to a place of killing being described as slohtre, meaning a place soaked in blood, and so on until in middle English slaughter becomes the act of killing.
12:28 Wed 09th Jan 2002

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