The freer Surname
freer Name Meaning and History
- English: from Old French and Middle English frere ‘friar’ (Latin frater, literally ‘brother’). This was a status name for a member a religious order, especially a mendicant order, and may also have been a nickname for a pious person or for someone employed at a monastery.
- Americanized spelling of French Frère (see Frere).
- North German and Dutch: cognate of Friedrich.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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