Dyer

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See also: dyer and d'yer

English

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Dyer

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

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