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Looking for a free spot to look for my last names meaning?

Look my son has to do a heritage paper for school well my last name is swiss that much i know and my father is deceased and he really never taught us much about the swiss besides cheeses curds, the yodeling and beer heck and my grandparents are deceased so i kind of need help here i have search alot i just want a quick explanation what the meaning of the name is PLEASE HELP.. Name is AMACHER would appreciate help

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AMACHER

German: topographic name for one who lived am Ach ??on the Ach?? (a river name), the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.

Swiss German: variant of Amacker.

Amacker
Swiss German: topographic name from am Acker ??by the field??.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4