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Dufour

proper noun

Dufour is masculine in French.

a common surname, Dufour

Related: Dufour-Lapointe

From du (“of the”) + four (“oven”), referring to the official who ran the public oven, i.e., the public baker (cf. French Delfour, from Occitan). In France, the surname is most prevalent in the Nord department.