Standard Lemma guide

dyer

name · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈdaɪɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
  • homophone: dire
  • CMU ARPABET: D AY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

An English surname originating as an occupation for a dyer of cloth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A place in the United States:

A minor city in Crawford County, Arkansas; named for S. M. Dyer, who bought the town's land.

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name

Meaning 3

A place in the United States:

A town in St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, a suburb of Chicago; named for early settler Martha Dyer Hart.

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name

Meaning 4

A place in the United States:

A census-designated place in Esmeralda County, Nevada; named for nearby Dyer's Ranch.

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5

name

Meaning 5

A place in the United States:

A city in Gibson County, Tennessee.

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name

Meaning 6

A place in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia; named for postmaster G. M. Dyer.

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7

name

Meaning 7

A place in the United States:

A river in Maine; running from Jefferson into the Sheepscot River at the village of Sheepscot in Newcastle.

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name

Meaning 8

A place in the United States:

A bay near Steuben, Maine.

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9

noun

Meaning 9

One who dyes, especially one who dyes cloth etc. as an occupation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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10

noun

Meaning 10

someone whose job is to dye cloth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman

History

Etymology

* As an English surname, from dyer (“one who dyes”). Compare Dexter. * As an Irish surname, variant of Dwyer.

From dye + -er.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: bojaxhi — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Arabic: صَبَّاغ (ṣabbāḡ) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Arabic: صَبَّاغَة (ṣabbāḡa) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Armenian: ներկարար (nerkarar) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Belarusian: фарбава́льшчык (farbaválʹščyk) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Belarusian: фарбава́льшчыца (farbaválʹščyca) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Bengali: রংরেজ (roṅrej) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Bengali: অনুরঞ্জন (onuronjon) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Bulgarian: бояджи́я (bojadžíja) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Bulgarian: бояджи́йка (bojadžíjka) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Catalan: tintorer — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Czech: barvíř — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Czech: barvířka — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Czech: barvič — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Czech: barvička — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Dutch: verver — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Esperanto: kolorigisto — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Finnish: värjäri — one whose occupation is to dye
  • French: teinturier — one whose occupation is to dye
  • French: teinturière — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Galician: tintureiro — one whose occupation is to dye
  • German: Färber — one whose occupation is to dye
  • German: Färberin — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Greek: ελαιοχρωματιστής (elaiochromatistís) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Ancient Greek: βαφεύς (bapheús) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Hindi: रंगरेज़ (raṅgrez) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Hungarian: kelmefestő — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Irish: clódóir — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Irish: ruaimneoir — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Latin: tinctor — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Macedonian: бојаџија (bojadžija) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Māori: kaitāwai — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Polish: farbiarz — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Polish: farbiarka — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Polish: barwiarz — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Polish: barwiarka — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Portuguese: tintureiro — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Romanian: vopsitor — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Romanian: vopsitoare — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Romanian: boiangiu — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Russian: краси́льщик (krasílʹščik) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Russian: краси́льщица (krasílʹščica) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Slovak: farbiar — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Slovak: farbiarka — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Spanish: tintorero — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Spanish: tintorera — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Turkish: boyacı — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Ottoman Turkish: بویاجی (boyacı) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Ukrainian: фарба́р (farbár) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Ukrainian: фарба́рка (farbárka) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Ukrainian: краси́льник (krasýlʹnyk) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Ukrainian: краси́льниця (krasýlʹnycja) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Ukrainian: фарбува́льник (farbuválʹnyk) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Ukrainian: фарбува́льниця (farbuválʹnycja) — one whose occupation is to dye
  • Welsh: lliwydd — one whose occupation is to dye