English Explanatory Dictionary

Drury

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Drury druery drewery

Etymology

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

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