English Explanatory Dictionary

Dwyer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. An unincorporated community in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Grant County, New Mexico, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Platte County, Wyoming, United States.

Word forms

Dwyer Dwyers O'Dwyer

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Duibhidhir (“descendant of Duibhuidhir”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black, dark”) + odhar (“sallow, tawny”).

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