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Drew

proper nounproper nounproper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//dɹuː//
  • United Kingdom//dɹuʊ̯//

A diminutive of the male given name Andrew.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A diminutive of the male given name Andrew.

    In November 2024, Kiley won reelection in the district where Folsom is located by about 11 points, though Trumps' victory was closer to 3 points, according to data compiled by analyst Drew Savicki and cited by the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A male given name from the Germanic languages.

  2. 2

    A female given name.

    On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” and in a lighthearted moment, explained — as she did during the last presidential election cycle — that in her blended family, her stepchildren affectionately call her Momala.

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman Drew, Drieu, Drue, from Old French Drogon, Dreus, Drues (made popular by Charlemagne's son Drogo) from Old Dutch Drogo, of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *dragan (“to carry, pull”), or from Proto-Germanic *draugaz (“phantom, apparition”).

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname.

Etymology

From Irish, adopted from the English surname above, and also reduced from an Druaidh, Ó Druaidh, Ó Draoi, "descendant of the Druid", from draoi (“druid”).

proper noun

  1. 1

    An unincorporated community in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States, named after Drew E. Bennett.

  2. 2

    A city in Sunflower County, Mississippi, named after Miss Drew Daniel.

  3. 3

    An unincorporated community in Laclede County, Missouri, named after S. E. Drew.

  4. 4

    An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, probably named after Robert Drew.

  5. 5

    A rural community in Wellington County, Ontario, Canada, named after George Alexander Drew (Liberal-Conservative MP).

Etymology

From any of the above.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).