Feaster

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Feaster
Origin
LanguageGerman
Region of origin Anglosphere, most commonly the United States
Other names
Variant form Pfister

Feaster is a surname.

It is an Americanized surname based on the German surname Pfister, which is derived from the Latin word pistor, meaning baker. [1] Some families named Pfister from from Germany, Austria or Switzerland took on the name Feaster after immigrating to the United States. [2] [3]

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Notable people with the name

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hanks, Patrick, Simon Lenarčič and Peter McClure (2022). Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, ISBN   0190245115
  2. ↑ "Papers on Feaster, Coleman, and Mobley families". University of South Carolina. Archived from the original on 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2025-11-13.
  3. ↑ "The Robert Coleman Family From Virginia to Texas 1652-1965 by J. P. Coleman" (PDF). p. 303. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-08-05. Retrieved 2025-11-13.


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