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Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage English

Meaning & History

From an agent derivative of Old English dr̄gean "to dry"; possibly an occupational name for a drier of cloth. In the Middle Ages, after cloth had been dyed and fulled, it was stretched out in tenterfields to dry.
Added 4/16/2016 by anonymous