Dyer

Dyer
This interesting surname is of early medieval English origin, and is an occupational name for a dyer of cloth. The derivation of the name is from the Middle English "dyer" (Olde English pre 7th Century "deagere", from "deag", dye), dyer. A dyer was one who changed the colour of something, for example cloth, hair or skin, by application of a dye, which is a staining or colouring substance, such as a natural or synthetic pigment. Job-descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the namebearer, and later became hereditary. Robert le Deyare is registered in the 1275 Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire; Alexander Dyghere is listed in the 1296 Subsidy Rolls of Sussex; and Henry le Dyer is noted in the 1327 Subsidy Rolls of Derbyshire. Bryan Dyer and Wenefrid Ketton were married on June 3rd 1583, at Enfield, London, and the marriage of Thomas Dyer and Margaret Gibson took place at St. Mary at Hill, London, on August 27th 1593. In March 1634, John Dyer, aged 28 yrs., departed from the Port of London, aboard the "Christian" bound for New England. He was one of the earliest of the namebearers in the New World. A Coat of Arms granted to the family is a gold shield with a red chief indented, the Crest being out of a gold ducal coronet a silver goat's head armed gold. The Motto, "Terrere nolo timere nescio", translates as, "I wish not to intimidate, and know not how to fear". The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Henry le Deghar, Somerset, which was dated 1260, in the "Middle English Surnames of Occupation", during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • Dyer — Dyer, AR U.S. town in Arkansas Population (2000): 585 Housing Units (2000): 248 Land area (2000): 2.596265 sq. miles (6.724295 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.596265 sq. miles (6.724295 sq. km) …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • Dyer — Dy er, n. One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like. [1913 Webster] {dyer s rocket}, {Dyer s weed}. Same as {Dyer s broom}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Dyer, AR — U.S. town in Arkansas Population (2000): 585 Housing Units (2000): 248 Land area (2000): 2.596265 sq. miles (6.724295 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.596265 sq. miles (6.724295 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Dyer, IN — U.S. town in Indiana Population (2000): 13895 Housing Units (2000): 4900 Land area (2000): 5.960298 sq. miles (15.437100 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.960298 sq. miles (15.437100 sq. km) FIPS …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Dyer, TN — U.S. city in Tennessee Population (2000): 2406 Housing Units (2000): 1053 Land area (2000): 2.260723 sq. miles (5.855246 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.260723 sq. miles (5.855246 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • dyer — dyer; dyer·ma; …   English syllables

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  • Dyer [2] — Dyer (spr. Deier), John, geb. 1700 zu Aberglasney in Caermartenshire u. st. als Pfarrer 1758; er schr.: Poems, Lond. 1752, ebd. 1761; darunter: The Grongar hill, 1727; The ruins of Rome, 17.10, u. The fleece, 1754 …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Dyer — (spr. dāier), 1) John, engl. Dichter, geb. um 1699 zu Aberglasney in Wales, gest. 24. Juli 1758, erhielt seine Bildung in der Westminsterschule, studierte die Rechte und wandte sich der Malerei zu, ohne jedoch hierin Hervorragendes zu leisten.… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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