The prater Surname
prater Name Meaning and History
- English: status name for a reeve, the chief magistrate or bailiff of a district, from Latin praetor.
- Dutch: occupational name for a warden of meadows or a gamekeeper, from Middle Dutch prater, preter (Latin pratarius, a derivative of pratum ‘meadow’).
- Dutch and North German: nickname for an excessively talkative person, from Middle Low German praten ‘to talk or prattle’.
- German: variant of Brater (see Brader 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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