English: from Middle English diche, dike, Old
English dic ‘dike’, ‘earthwork’, hence a metonymic
occupational name for a ditcher or a topographic name for someone who
lived by a ditch or dike. The medieval dike was larger and more
prominent than the modern ditch, and was usually constructed for
purposes of defense rather than drainage.
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