Meaning

noun someone whose job is to dye cloth

originEtymology tree English dye Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dyer From dye + -er.

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