English: nickname from Old French barateor, barateur
‘rogue’, ‘cheat’, ‘fraud’; alternatively, in some instances it may be
from Old Norse barátta ‘beating’, ‘fight’, ‘battle’, hence
by extension a troublemaker or quarrelsome man.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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