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To: ichabod1; AZLiberty
From French, taking its parts literally, Payseur would be countryman.

Pays = country/nation/soil & -eur is the extension for male person.

The general word for countryman is compatriot.

Hope this helps.

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222 posted on 08/18/2018 2:06:48 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: LonePalm
In the very long article, Neon includes a pasted bit from Fritz Springmeir's opus that explains the origin of Payseur. Originally it was Paiesieur (literally paymaster), but was later Anglicized to Payseur and other things, even Bayshore.

Crown Prince Louis, fleeing the French Revolution, took up the Paiesieur name to conceal his identity long enough to get him to England (where he was protected by the King) and then to America, after he acquired holdings in the Virginia Company. Once in America, he adopted Payseur as his name.

257 posted on 08/18/2018 3:20:01 PM PDT by AZLiberty ("If we believe in absurdities, we commit atrocities." -- said by Voltaire, lived by elite Libs)
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