Drost

Drost (plural Drosts)

1. A surname.

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

• Dorts, dorts, dtors, trods

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.

• IPA^(key): /drɔst/
• Hyphenation: Drost
• Rhymes: -ɔst
• Homophone: drost

Drost

1. An island in Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
2. a surname

• Droste, Drossart

From Middle Low German drossete, drotsēte, drotsāte, the Middle Low German equivalent to Middle High German truhtsæze. Cognate with Dutch drost. See Truchsess for further information. See also Middle Dutch drutsate and Middle Low German drosetambacht.

• IPA^(key): /dʁɔst/
• Rhymes: -ɔst

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

1. (Northern Germany, historical, archaic) steward, reeve

   Synonym: Truchsess

• Drostei

• Drost on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Drost” in Duden online
• “Drost” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Variant of Polish Drozd or from German Droste.

• IPA^(key): /drɔst/
• Rhymes: -ɔst
• Syllabification: Drost
• Homophones: drozd, Drozd

Drost m pers

1. a male surname

Drost f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname