Shear

From Middle English schyre (“pure, bright, fair”). Also a German surname, variant of Schier, itself a variant of Scheuer or from a cognate of the Middle English word.

Shear (plural Shears)

1. A surname.
   • 2013 January 17, Mary Pilon, “In Te’o Story, Deception Ripped From the Screen”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 December 2020:

     Real people in a picture that was used by a catfish to create a fake identity could have a claim because their likeness was used without permission, Shear said.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shear is the 9669^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3356 individuals. Shear is most common among White (93.03%) individuals.

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