A surname of Scottish origin, or referring to Germaine Greer, the influential feminist writer and academic.
From Scottish Gaelic griogair (watchful), related to Gregory. The surname spread from Scottish Highlands to other English-speaking countries through emigration.
Germaine Greer's 'The Female Eunuch' (1970) challenged women to recognize their own oppression and became one of the most influential feminist texts ever written, translated into dozens of languages!
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