tyler

plural tylers

1. archaicArchaic form of tiler (“Masonic doorkeeper”).

   The Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London.

plural Tylers · alternative Tylor · alternative Tiler · alternative Tylor · alternative Tylar

1. countableuncountableAn English surname originating as an occupation for a tiler.
2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.

   Cracks in the skin resulting from dryness can also increase the risk of skin infections, Dr. Tyler Barrett, Professor of Emergency Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, previously told CNN.

   2025 February 10, Monica Haider, “Dermatologists share how to treat dry skin”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Mar 2025

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   However, the whippet-like appearance of most Tyler Corp. executives suggests what McKinney really wants is a spring-legged crew that can run its competitors into the ground. - - - It's no coincidence, either, that his seven-year-old son is named Tyler.

   1930, Henry Robinson Luce, Fortune, Time, inc

   "Yeah, I guess. I'm part Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth - on paper." Zermatt sucked his teeth, still dubious. "I thought Cobb was Tyrus." "Sounded too foreign for my mom or something. And there was some Scottish rebel named Tyler - maybe a cousin, so they compromised. It's kind of presidential, too, I guess. And my middle name is for - da-dum! - George Herman Ruth."

   1977, Peter Tauber, The Last Best Hope, →ISBN, page 78

3. countableuncountableuncommon relative to the male given nameA female given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and later usage.
4. A locale in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Gilchrist County, Florida.
   2. countableuncountableA city in Lincoln County, Minnesota; named for land agent and newspaper editor C. B. Tyler.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Pemiscot County, Missouri; named for lumber businessman H. A. Tyler.
   4. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Smith County, Texas; named for John Tyler, 10th president of the United States.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington.
   6. countableuncountableA ghost town in Madera County, California.