English (of Norman origin): nickname for a soldier or for a
belligerent person, from Old French (de la) werre, (de la)
guerre ‘(of the) war’. Compare Delaware.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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