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Webster 1913 Edition


Dan

Dan

(dăn)
,
Noun.
[OE.
dan
,
danz
, OF.
danz
(prop. only nom.),
dan
, master, fr. L.
dominus
. See
Dame
.]
A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir.
[Obs.]
Old
Dan
Geoffry, in gently spright
The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell.
Spenser.
What time
Dan
Abraham left the Chaldee land.
Thomson.

Dan

,
Noun.
[Etymol. uncertain.]
(Mining)
A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dan

DAN

,
Noun.
A title of honor equivalent to master; used by Shakspeare, Prior, &c., but now obsolete.

Definition 2024


dân

dân

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dan"

Vietnamese

Noun

dân

  1. people, citizen

Derived terms


Welsh

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • deuant (literary)
  • dôn (colloquial)
  • dônt (literary)

Verb

dân

  1. (colloquial) third-person plural future of dod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dân ddân nân unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology 2

Noun

dân

  1. Soft mutation of tân.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tân dân nhân thân
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.