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Doorknave Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the doorknave,' i.e. the porter, from dur, door, and knave, a servant; v. Dorward.

'Robertus de Leiburne attomat Robertum Normand et Johannem Durknave ad deliberandum Willelmo Scharp de Fumes seisinam de manerio mo, 13th cent: Furness Coucher Book.

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This surname is derived from an official title. 'the doorknave,' i.e. the porter, from dur, door, and knave, a servant; v. Dorward.

'Robertus de Leiburne attomat Robertum Normand et Johannem Durknave ad deliberandum Willelmo Scharp de Fumes seisinam de manerio mo, 13th cent: Furness Coucher Book.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
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