dan
nounnounnounnounnounprepositioncommon in dialogue
- //dæn//
- //dɑn//
A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.
Dan Phoebus, he with many a low'ring look / Had her beheld in yore in angry wise.
Old Dan Geoffrey, in whose gentle spright / The pure well-head of Poesy did dwell.
This senior-junior, giant-dwarf, dan Cupid.
The patriarchal age, / What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land.
Etymology
From Middle English dan, daun, dam (“lord”), from Anglo-Norman daun, daunz and Old French dan, dam, from Latin dominus. Doublet of don.
noun
- 1
A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
Etymology
Uncertain.
noun
- 1
A rank of black belt in martial arts.
- 2
Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.
Etymology
From Japanese 段 (dan).
noun
- 1
Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass, chiefly used as a dry measure of grains.
- 2
A traditional unit of equivalent volume, now officially equal to 100 liters.
Etymology
From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 担 (dàn) and Chinese 石 (dàn).
noun
- 1
A dan buoy.
Carrying away of 25 great-lines, 3 dans, buoys, &c., of steam liner 'Star of the East'[…]
Dumping dans. Dan buoys laid to mark a dumping ground. They are fitted with a topmark in the shape of a St. Andrews cross formed by battens 2 feet in length. Live dan. Dan buoy for which a[…]
preposition
- 1
Variant of thanPronunciation spelling of than.
It's easy. It's nothin'. It's less dan nothin'.
Forms
- plural
- dans
dan · A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
Dan · A male given name from Hebrew.dana · The virtue of generosity or giving, a form of alms, in Indian…Dana · An American surname.