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ArchivesRe: Name meaning "pledge"
in reply to a message by Ylva
Hanks & Hodges' A Dictionary of Surnames does give both of these meanings for the surname Gage.
1. metonymic occupational name for an assayer...from Middle English, Old French ga(u)ge "measure."
2. metonymic occupational name for a moneylender, from Middle English, Old French gage "pledge, surety against which money was leant."
1. metonymic occupational name for an assayer...from Middle English, Old French ga(u)ge "measure."
2. metonymic occupational name for a moneylender, from Middle English, Old French gage "pledge, surety against which money was leant."
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