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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

dän

dän

Central Franconian

Article

dän ‎(definite, full)

  1. (many dialects) plural dative
  2. (Moselle Franconian) masculine accusative
  3. (western Moselle Franconian) masculine nominative

Usage notes

  • The reduced form of dän is den or de, depending on dialect and sometimes phonetic environment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛn/, /dɛːn/

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