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Tabler is a name of occupation; the maker of playing tables, i.e backgammon boards and writing tablets from the French word for table. It is also a name of activity, someone who plays backgammon all the time, somthing like a gambler. Also a name of condition; someone who takes his meals at another's table for payment.
The references for these meanings can be located:
Harrison, Surnames of the United Kingdom ( London, 1910) vol 2
The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford, 1980) pg 2231, vol 2
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