English Explanatory Dictionary

Kaufman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from German of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin.
  2. A city, the county seat of Kaufman County, Texas, United States.

Word forms

Kaufman Kofman

Etymology

Anglicised from German Kauffmann, an occupational surname referring to a merchant (German Kaufmann). Doublet of Chapman and Koopman.

Derived words

Ho-Kaufman-McAlister syndrome Kaufman County Kaufmanesque Kaufman oculocerebrofacial syndrome
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