Etymology

Dryden

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Today it means: An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English. Full definition →

Old English drȳġe
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromdrȳġe“dry”
  2. English todayDryden

From Old English drȳġe (“dry”) + denu (“valley”).

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