variant spelling of Rother.occupational
name for the foreman or leader of a group or association of men, or a
work gang, from an agent derivative of Middle High German rotte
‘team’, ‘gang’.occupational name for a harp player, Middle High
German rottære.habitational name from any of the
various places called Rott.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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