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Dyer

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Dy·er  (dr), Mary Died 1660.
English-born American Quaker martyr who was twice banished from Boston because of her beliefs. She was hanged after returning to the city a second time.
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Noun1.Dyerdyer - someone whose job is to dye cloth
skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills


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This Mary Dyer had entered the mint- master's dwelling, clothed in sackcloth and ashes, and seated herself in our great chair with a sort of dignity and state.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
He was a dyer, who in the course of dipping homespun wool and old women's petticoats had got fired with the ambition to learn a great deal more about the strange secrets of colour.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
There is not only the herd, but the shearer and brander, and then the dresser, the curer, the dyer, the fuller, the webster, the merchant, and a score of others.
The White Company by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
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