occupational name for a wheelwright, from an agent
derivative of Middle High German rat ‘wheel’.(Räder): metonymic occupational name for a flour sifter
or mill hand, from Middle High German reder
‘sieve’.occasionally an occupational name from Middle Low German
rader ‘adviser’.from a Germanic personal name composed of
the elements rad, rat ‘advice’, ‘counsel’ +
heri ‘army’.Americanized spelling of German
Röder (see Roeder).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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