What is the name meaning of KEMPE. Phrases containing KEMPE
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warrior.
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English occupational surname transferred to forename use, from the Middle English word kempe "athlete, wrestler," from Old English kempa, KEMP means "champion, warrior."
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Warrior; Champion
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English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German : status name for a champion, Middle English and Middle Low German kempe. In the Middle Ages a champion was a professional fighter on behalf of others; for example the King’s Champion, at the coronation, had the duty of issuing a general challenge to battle to anyone who denied the king’s right to the throne. The Middle English word corresponds to Old English cempa and Old Norse kempa ‘warrior’; both these go back to Germanic campo ‘warrior’, which is the source of the Dutch and North German name, corresponding to High German Kampf.Dutch : metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or processed hemp, from Middle Dutch canep ‘hemp’.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German
English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German : variant of Kemp ‘champion’.Dutch : variant of Kempen 1.
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a.
Rough; shaggy.