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Driver (surname)

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Driver is a surname of German origin, which referred to someone from the ancient Celtic tribe of Treveri who once inhabited the lower valley of the Moselle between France, Belgium and Germany. The name was originally Trever and has other variants such as Treviri, Triver, Trevor, or Trier. In England, it is an occupational surname[1] meaning the driver of horses or oxen attached to a cart or plough, or of loose cattle.[2] It is recorded since the thirteenth century.[1]

List of people with the surname Driver

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  1. ^ a b Reaney, P. H. (1997). Wilson, R. M. (ed.). A Dictionary of English surnames. Oxford University Press.
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hodges, Flavia (1988). A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-211592-8.