dan
pronunciation
How to pronounce dan in British English:
UK [dæn]
How to pronounce dan in American English:
US [dɑn, dæn]
Word Origin
- dan
- title of address to members of religious orders, c. 1300, from Old French dan (Modern French dom), from Latin dominus "lord" (source of Portuguese don, Spanish don, Italian donno; see don (n.)).
- Dan (1)
- familiar form of masc. proper name Daniel.
- Dan (2)
- name of one of the 12 tribes of ancient Israel or its territory, named for its founder; literally "he who judges," related to Hebrew din "to judge." In the Old Testament, it occupied the northernmost part of Israel, hence its use proverbially for "utmost extremity," as in in from Dan to Beersheba (the southernmost region), 1738.
Example
- 1. Ge spokesman dan nelson declined to comment on the trade case .
- 2. Who does this dan humphrey think he is ?
- 3. Just as I 've decided that she 's a thoroughly tough 21st-century cookie , yu dan turns all coquettish .
- 4. Dan yang is a promising city .
- 5. Dan forgot paying the bills .