Lushman meaning | Last name Lushman origin

Lushman is variation of Lishman. A corruption of Leechman, or perhaps Scottish leish, tall and active - The same as Leech, the suffix man being a mere expletive - Anglo-Saxon læce, a physician.
"Conscience called a leche
To go salve tho (se) that sike ben."

The blood -sucking reptile (hirudo) is so called from its salutary properties. In the South, a village veterinary surgeon calls himself "Horse-Farrier and Cow-Leech." The ancestor of the Derbyshire Leeches (Chatsworth), was one of the surgeons of King Edward the Third. The name may, however, be local, as there is a place of this designation near Chester

Nares gives Leachman as a physician. A Scottish family of the name give three pelicans as their arms, probably in allusion to blood-letting. An analogous instance of the unnecessary addition of 'man' to the designation of a calling is found in Tuckerman.

Lastname is the variation of Leechman. The same as Leech, the suffix man being a mere expletive - Anglo-Saxon læce, a physician.
"Conscience called a leche
To go salve tho (se) that sike ben."

The blood -sucking reptile (hirudo) is so called from its salutary properties. In the South, a village veterinary surgeon calls himself "Horse-Farrier and Cow-Leech." The ancestor of the Derbyshire Leeches (Chatsworth), was one of the surgeons of King Edward the Third. The name may, however, be local, as there is a place of this designation near Chester

Nares gives Leachman as a physician. A Scottish family of the name give three pelicans as their arms, probably in allusion to blood-letting. An analogous instance of the unnecessary addition of 'man' to the designation of a calling is found in Tuckerman.