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Drost

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See also: drost

English

Proper noun

Drost (plural Drosts)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Drost is the 11355th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2778 individuals. Drost is most common among White (95.75%) individuals.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From drost.

The island is indirectly named after poet and playwright Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581 - 1647), who occupied the position of drost of nearby Muiden. See also Hooft and Warenar.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Drost

  1. an island of North Holland, Netherlands
  2. a surname

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Low German droste, from earlier drossete, drotsēte, drotsāte. Cognate with Dutch drost and Middle High German truhtsæze, whence the doublet Truchsess (“steward of a princely household, sewer”). See there for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

Drost m (strong or weak, genitive Drostes or Drosts or Drosten, plural Droste or Drosten)

  1. (Northern Germany, historical) reeve, sheriff, bailiff (official in charge of a rural district)
    Synonyms: Amtshauptmann, Landvogt

Declension

Declension of Drost [masculine, strong // weak]
More information singular, plural ...

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

  • Drostei
  • Drostenamt

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Variant of Drozd.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Drost m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Drost
More information singular, plural ...

Proper noun

Drost f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Further reading

  • “Drost”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
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