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- McGREGOR
- The descendants of Gregor, who was the son of Alpin, King of Scotland. A family of great antiquity, and of distinguished ancestors. (See Gregor.)
- GRIERSON
- The son of Greer or Gregor; the same as McGregor.
- GREER
- A corruption of Gregor. Gilbert McGregor, second son of Malcom, Laird of McGregor, who settled at Nithesdale, Dumfries Co., Scotland, in 1374, left issue, who assumed the short appellation of Greer. Welsh, Grewr, a herdsman.
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Source : An etymological dictionary of family and Christian names - By William Arthur - 1857.
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