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Shear
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shear
English
Etymology
From en enm schyre pure, bright, fair. Also a en de - surname, variant of en Schier, itself a variant of en Scheuer or from a cognate of the Middle English word.
Proper noun
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2013-01-17 In Te’o Story, Deception Ripped From the Screen Mary Pilon http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/sports/ncaafootball/deception-ripped-from-the-screen-in-hoax-story-of-manti-teo.html Real people in a picture that was used by a catfish to create a fake identity could have a claim because their likeness was used without permission, Shear said. https://web.archive.org/web/20201220094701/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/18/sports/ncaafootball/deception-ripped-from-the-screen-in-hoax-story-of-manti-teo.html
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Shear is the 9669th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3356 individuals. Shear is most common among White (93.03%) individuals.
Anagrams
en aehrs Asher Rahes Share asher earsh hares harse hears heras rheas sehar sehra share