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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsRossiter

Meaning & History

Means "person from Rochester", Kent (probably "Roman town or fort called Rovi"). A fictional bearer of the surname is Mr Rochester, the Byronic hero of Charlotte Brontë's 'Jane Eyre' (1847).
Added 10/3/2013 by babycrookston