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drury

/dɹˈuɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
drury
IPA
/dɹˈuɹi/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

A settlement in Buckley community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ2964).

name

A town south of Auckland, New Zealand.

name

An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Kansas, United States.

name

A village in the town of Florida, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States.

name

An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Missouri, United States.

noun

Love, especially sexual love; courtship, sex.

Obsolete

noun

A love token or keepsake, a physical object symbolic of a loving relationship.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

druery (alternative) drewery (alternative)

Homonyms

drewry

Rhymes With

jewry tandoori drewry ury loury eury flury

Questions

How do you pronounce drury?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɹˈuɹi/.
What does drury mean?
A surname.
Where does drury come from?
It is traced to Old French.

How to pronounce drury

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