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Dunscore Surname Definition:

DUNSCORE: From Dunscore in the parish of the same name, Dumfriesshire. Roger de Dunsquier of the county of Dumfries rendered homage in 1296. His seal bears a bird, stars, and foliage in the field, S' Rob'ti d' Dvnsqyr (Bain, II, 810, p. 531).

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DUNSCORE: From Dunscore in the parish of the same name, Dumfriesshire. Roger de Dunsquier of the county of Dumfries rendered homage in 1296. His seal bears a bird, stars, and foliage in the field, S' Rob'ti d' Dvnsqyr (Bain, II, 810, p. 531). On p. 210 the name is wrongly given as Drusquem.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)
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