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Hoffman

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A surname of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin, also the name of small communities in several U.S. states.
"Dustin Hoffman starred in many acclaimed films of the 1970s."

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Hoffmans plural

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Etymology

Anglicized from German Hoffmann, an occupational surname for the manager of a farm or estate.

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