Definition of "Dryden"

An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English, from Old English drȳġe (“dry”) + denu (“valley”).  examples

A city in Ontario, Canada; named for Canadian farmer and politician John Dryden.  examples

A village in Michigan; named for poet John Dryden.  examples

A ghost town in Missouri; named for state official Nathaniel Dryden.  examples

A town in New York, and a village within the town; named for poet John Dryden.  examples

An unincorporated community in Oregon; named for poet John Dryden.  examples

An unincorporated community in Texas; named for railroad engineer Eugene E. Dryden.  examples

A census-designated place in Virginia; named for railroad official Captain Dryden.  examples

An unincorporated community in Washington; named for Canadian horticulturist John Dryden.  examples