MEDLAR

MEDLAR. \Ir. Ferguson thinks that this name corresponds to the Germ, family name Madler, which is probably identical with the 0. Germ. Madalhari ; but the occurrence in H.R. of one Kich. le Medler rather tends to shew that the name was originally applied to some medieval busybody.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.