Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
alan . - noun A provincial name for a species of jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
botanical plant nameauthor abbreviation forbotanist Harry Howard Barton Allan (1882-1957). - proper noun A male
given name , a less common spelling ofAlan . - proper noun A
surname derived from the given name, more often spelledAllen .
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Examples
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# given a query of 'Pat Allan' Person. search \ "Pat Allan\",: match_mode = >
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# given a query of 'Pat Allan' Person. search \ "Pat Allan\",: match_mode = >
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After sending out a whole bunch of letters (no internet to speak of at the time) I was contacted by my cousin Allan and I finally went out to meet the family there for the first time in 1996.
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After sending out a whole bunch of letters (no internet to speak of at the time) I was contacted by my cousin Allan and I finally went out to meet the family there for the first time in 1996.
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Clare Allan is an author and writer on mental health issues.
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After sending out a whole bunch of letters (no internet to speak of at the time) I was contacted by my cousin Allan and I finally went out to meet the family there for the first time in 1996.
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Allan is asked to retell a story, and he tells his group of drinking friends this one.
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I called Allan from the bus and he was waiting for me on Cecil Street.
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That's when I called Allan, so I was able to report to the campaign that wmtc had the news up immediately, and the Canada News Wire story had appeared within minutes of the vote.
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And that, Allan, is pretty much the sum total of evidence presented in the book.
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