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 name author abbreviation for botanist Harry Howard Barton Allan (1882-1957).
  • proper noun A male given name, a less common spelling of Alan.
  • proper noun A surname derived from the given name, more often spelled Allen.

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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.

    2009 October « Mudpuddle 2009

  • 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.

    2009 October 30 « Mudpuddle 2009

  • Clare Allan is an author and writer on mental health issues.

    Uncertainty over cuts will hit the vulnerable hardest Clare Allan 2010

  • 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.

    So excited… « Mudpuddle 2009

  • Allan is asked to retell a story, and he tells his group of drinking friends this one.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Blue Tyson 2007

  • I called Allan from the bus and he was waiting for me on Cecil Street.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • 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.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • And that, Allan, is pretty much the sum total of evidence presented in the book.

    REVIEW: Star Wars On Trial edited by David Brin and Matthew Woodring Stover 2006

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