drury

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noun

Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.

OriginOld French druerie →
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Meanings

drury1

noun

alternative druery · alternative drewery

  1. obsoleteLove, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.
  2. obsoleteA love token or keepsake, a physical object symbolic of a loving relationship.
  3. obsoleteA beloved person; a sweetheart.
  4. obsoleteA beloved thing; a treasure.

    It is as derworth a drewery · as dere god hym-seluen.

    c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I

Drury2

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. A settlement in Buckley community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2964).
  3. A town south of Auckland, New Zealand.
  4. An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas, United States.
  5. A village in the town of Florida, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri, United States.

Origin

  1. Old Frenchdruerie
  2. Englishdrury

From Old French druerie, droerie (“love, friendship”) et al., from dru (“friend”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Rudrydurry
Cite this entry
APA

drury. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drury

MLA

“drury.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drury. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drury,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drury.

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