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Dyer en · PROPN

Etymology

* As an English surname, from dyer (“one who dyes”). Compare Dexter. * As an Irish surname, variant of Dwyer.

Meanings

1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a dyer of cloth.
2. A place in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Crawford County, Arkansas; named for S. M. Dyer, who bought the town's land.
3. A place in the United States: ▸ A town in St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, a suburb of Chicago; named for early settler Martha Dyer Hart.
4. A place in the United States: ▸ A census-designated place in Esmeralda County, Nevada; named for nearby Dyer's Ranch.
5. A place in the United States: ▸ A city in Gibson County, Tennessee.
6. A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia; named for postmaster G. M. Dyer.
7. A place in the United States: ▸ A river in Maine; running from Jefferson into the Sheepscot River at the village of Sheepscot in Newcastle.
8. A place in the United States: ▸ A bay near Steuben, Maine.

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Deriveds

Dyer County · Dyers Crossing · Dyerian · Dyersburg · Dyerite