Dyer

See also: dyer and d'yer

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

• Dyer County
• Dyersburg

Anagrams

• Dery, Drey, Drye, Ryde, drey, yerd