Drost

drost English Etymology Borrowed from en de Drost and en nl Drost. Proper noun s en Dutch,German. 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. See also en Droste Anagrams en dorst Dorts dorts dtors trods Dutch Etymology From nl drost. The island is indirectly named after poet and playwright Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581 - 1647), who occupied the position of nl drost of nearby Muiden. See also nl Hooft and nl Warenar. Pronunciation nl /drɔst/ nl Drost nl ɔst nl drost Proper noun nl proper noun nl island p/North Holland c/Netherlands en Drost: nl occupations Descendants en Drost 1 See also nl Droste German Alternative forms de Droste Drosten Drossart as surnames otherwise obsolete Etymology From de gml droste, from earlier gml drossete, gml drotsēte, gml drotsāte. Cognate with nl drost and gmh truhtsæze, whence the doublet de Truchsess 1 steward of a princely household, sewer. See there for more. Pronunciation de /dʁɔst/ de ɔst 1 Noun ((<m,(e)s>,<m.weak>)) de Northern Germany historical reeve, sheriff, bailiff official in charge of a rural district de Amtshauptmann Landvogt Declension ((<m,(e)s>,<m.weak>)) Derived terms de Drostei Drostenamt Proper noun m:f,s:-[with an article],s:- en Drost: de occupations Descendants en Drost 1 Further reading de Polish Etymology Variant of pl Drozd. Pronunciation drozd,Drozd Proper noun m-pr pl m Declension Drostowie Proper noun f 1 pl f Further reading