North German (Schütter): occupational name for a
guard, watchman or warden, from an agent derivative of Middle Low
German schutten ‘to protect’. See also
Schuetz.Dutch: occupational name for a bowman,
subsequently a status name for a member of a marksman’s guild, Middle
Dutch scut(t)ere. This was also an occupational name for an
official who impounded stray cattle.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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