Ledger

proper nounattested in dialogue

A surname.

proper noun

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A surname.

Etymology

Two possible origins: * English patronymic surname from either the Norman personal name Leodegar or the Old French equivalent Legier, both containing the Proto-Germanic elements *liudiz (“men, people”) and *garwaz (“ready, prepared”). * English metonymic occupational surname for a stonemason, from ledger, itself a derivative of Old English leċġan (“to lay”).

Forms

plural: Ledgers

led · Under somebody's control or leadership.ledge · A narrow surface projecting horizontally from a wall, cliff,…ledger · A book for keeping notes; a record book, a register.

Ledger · A surname.

lee · A protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.Lee · An English topographic surname from Middle English.leech · A typically aquatic blood-sucking annelid of the subclass…

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