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Also Inflected form of draw

Drew

UK/dɹuː/ US/dɹuʊ̯/ common

noun

1.

United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)

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Origin

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”).

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