Frater

Occupational surname, from frater.

Frater (plural Fraters)

1. A surname originating as an occupation.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Frater is the 35096^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 642 individuals. Frater is most common among White (51.4%) and Black/African American (44.7%) individuals.

From Latin frater (“brother”).

Frater (uncountable)

1. Synonym of Lingua Sistemfrater

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frater”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 600.

• Rafter, farter, rafter

Learned borrowing from Latin frāter. Doublet of Bruder.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfraːtər/, [ˈfʁaː.tɐ]

Frater m (strong, genitive Fraters, plural Fratres or Frater)

1. (Roman Catholicism) brother (monk who is not a priest)

   Synonym: Laienmönch

   Antonym: Pater

• “Frater” in Duden online