Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of 12 levels of proficiency at the grade of black belt in martial arts such as judo and karate.
- n. One who has achieved such a level.
- n. An expert or expert level in shogi and other such games.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A title of honor equivalent to master, don, or sir, formerly common, now only archaic.
- n. In mining: A small box for carrying coal or attle in a mine.
- n. In the midland counties of England, a tub or barrel in which water is carried to the pump or raised to the surface. It may or may not be mounted on wheels.
- n. Nautical, a small buoy having a pole on which is displayed by day a flag and by night a lantern. It is used to indicate both the position of deep-sea fish-lines and a center around which a steam trawler is worked.
- n. An abbreviation of Danish.
Wiktionary
- n. mining A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
- n. A rank of black belt in martial arts
- n. Someone who has achieved a level of black belt
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete A title of honor equivalent to
master , orsir . - n. (Mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
Etymologies
- Uncertain. (Wiktionary)
- Japanese, from Middle Chinese nam, male. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Seringkali saya perlu, dan akhirnya jadi membuang-buang banyak waktu mencari-cari clipart yang cocok ** dan** legal / bisa saya pakai untuk keperluan saya.”
“Smithers: @dan i: money back is probably not going to happen for some years to come. but putting these assholes in jail for a long time ... dan i: Sure, we can send more people to jail.”
“In the evening we went to a party thrown by a student in dan's host's group who just got a job in eastern Germany.”
“Is tie dood, dan is tie dood, nieuw kostuum maken!”
“By Kumpulan berita aneh dan unik » Blog Archive » Desain dan Kreasi UNIK dari KLIP KERTAS on August 13, 2009 at 2: 23 am”
“A group of concerned Malay parents established a platform to lobby for the support of PPSMI: kita tidak boleh nyatakan bahawa guru kurang kompeten dalam menyampaikan mata pelajaran Sain dan Matematik dalam Bahasa Inggeris sebagai satu alasan untuk memansuhkan dasar tersebut.”
“Romina July 20th, 2009 at 6: 55 am edit omg dan and kev are perfect but i must say that dan is prettier than he is no offense to team kevins but hes ugly! acacia hamilton July 20th, 2009 at 4: 03 pm edit you guys are perfect for echother never brake u soo cute”
Hollywood Dame » Blog Archive » kevin-jonas-and-danielle-deleasa
“It makes me think of one of the most destructive “your child is in danger” media feeding frenzies in recent history: the McMartin preschool trial.”
“Fijn als die samenkomen, dan is er weer meer tijd voor andere activiteiten.”
“Daar was nie die minste twyfel nie dat ek was bewus daarvan dat daar op daardie stadium, soos ek reeds gesê het, duisende van hulle in aantog was na daardie selfde plek toe en dat as hulle hulle sou bereik het dan is ek bevrees was ons lewens nie 'n half sent werd nie.”
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘dan’.
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POL - people in power
daredevil, tzar, king, boss, master, commander, chief, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, big cheese, big wheel and 452 more...
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Coal Mining Terms
Coal mining has engendered fascinating subcultures in industry, labor, music, folklore, environment and energy. It has a rich vocabulary as well, and I've encountered some gorgeous mining words. I...
firedamp, scrip, bituminous, anthracite, company store, blackdamp, brattice, bug dust, tipple, whitedamp, float dust, fly ash and 136 more...
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EN - 3-letter words of the pattern CVC
With the exception of abbreviations and mosaic words all types of words (proper names, past tense of verbs, etc.) are allowed.
for, was, not, his, but, has, had, can, her, him, new, now and 339 more...
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•Open List: Songboys
Inspired by gangerh's extremely addictive list songbirds, this is the same type list, but for male names. Same rules apply:
Names of boys in song titles. Not in the lyrics, just in the title...jack, jesse, jakey, john, arthur, nick, donald, bill, billy, gideon, riley, charlie and 95 more...
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Boys Names
List of Boys names
danny, daniel, bobby, robert, chris, christopher, dan, bob, rob, jeff, jeffery, jeffrey and 105 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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Palabras de 3 letras en Español.
¡La única lista que también incluye flexiónes verbales y pluralizaciones! Ayúdame a encontrarlas todas.
(Por ser una lista para Scrabble, los dígrafos ll, rr, y ch valen como una sola ...aba, aca, aga, ahe, ahi, aho, aja, aje, aji, ajo, ala, ale and 427 more...
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In the Collieries
A collection of coal mining and colliery terms. Some British, some Scots, and some, Other. Many terms are quite to the point; others colorful and imaginative.
Also see Middlesmith's li...fire-damp, black-damp, choke-damp, skip, basket, gallery, Gregory lamp, pit, balance, balancer, tenter, coupler and 313 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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rastafari
dem woodz assoseeated wit da reegae mon..
( Reggae, Rastafari, Rasta, Jamaica, Zion, Haile Selassie, Africa, Caribbean )
( slang, randomness )Rastafari, puff, Jah, reggae, Haile Selassie, Jamaica, Kingston, Caribbean, Dominican, Zion, Africa, cannabis and 81 more...
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Kapok Vest and Other Floaty Words
List of words and things buoyant.
kapok vest, balsa wood, pumice, buoy, lifebuoy, dan, soap bubble, styrofoam, oil, foam, cloud, smoke ring and 44 more...
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Jamaican Glossary
The liner notes that accompany Papa San's dancehall album God & i include this thoughtful list of Jamaican-to-American translations, to aid in understanding what the heck he's saying in each song.
yah, yeh, yuy, woulda, wort, wid, wi, wes', wen, whey, wau, wanda and 151 more...
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Actual and Spectulative Sburb Classes
A list of all known Heroic Classes available to players of the game Sburb within the Homestuck universe, as well as any other words I can think of which would theoretically adhere to the known guid...
heir, seer, knight, witch, maid, page, thief, mage, rogue, sylph, prince, bard and 116 more...
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ABACABB
words/names from video games
ganon, doki doki, ganondorf, toadstool, bowser, dr. robotnik, link, zelda, sonic, 1 up, kid icarus, metroid and 114 more...
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slo: declensional anomalies
Words that don't fit any expected pattern.
Tweets
Looking for tweets for dan.

marky Jamaican slang for 'than'. Nov 6, 2010
hernesheir "A marker buoy which consists of a long pole moored to the seabed and fitted to float vertically, usually with a coded flag at the top." Wikipedia
Oct 5, 2009
chained_bear "Red Hot Dan" by Fats Waller. Feb 10, 2008