Definitions

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  • proper noun A patronymic surname.

Etymologies

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From Hann + the patronymic suffix -s. In Scotland, a contraction of Angus.

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Examples

  • Making his second collegiate start, Hance is taking over the

    NCAA Football - Akron vs. Purdue 2001

  • Robin Hancock, a former caregiver for the Dieters' late parents, called Hance an unpleasant, disliked person whose confrontational style led her to stop working for the couple.

    Ohio gunman was in property dispute, neighbors say 2011

  • Robin Hancock, a former caregiver for the Dieters' late parents, called Hance an unpleasant, disliked person whose confrontational style led her to stop working for the couple.

    Ohio gunman was in property dispute, neighbors say 2011

  • Robin Hancock, a former caregiver for the Dieters' late parents, called Hance an unpleasant, disliked person whose confrontational style led her to stop working for the couple.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Robin Hancock, a former caregiver for the Dieters' late parents, called Hance an unpleasant, disliked person whose confrontational style led her to stop working for the couple.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • Robin Hancock, a former caregiver for the Dieters' late parents, called Hance an unpleasant, disliked person whose confrontational style led her to stop working for the couple.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • About a half-hour before the wreck, Schuler called Hance at his home in Floral Park and seemed disoriented, saying she was having trouble seeing.

    unknown title 2009

  • About a half-hour before the wreck, Schuler called Hance at his home in Floral Park and seemed disoriented, saying she was having trouble seeing.

    Home 2009

  • The "Hance" trail, I believe, was built on the line of an old native one, and probably this was the one the Yabipais were heading for.

    The Romance of the Colorado River Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh 1894

  • Footnote 8: "According to statements from Hance, Craig James called Hance,

    Double-T Nation LondonRaider 2010

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