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Answer by user47553 for What did "Dr." after a person's or a business's name...

I think it was the abbreviation for drayer and meant the commercial provider of goods or services in the second half of the 19th century .

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I am putting together a historical presentation about a late-19th / early 20th-century U. S. ruralite who was involved in many things including operating a general store. I have seen the abbreviation...

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