Meaning

(obsolete) A title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) A title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.
2. (mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
3. A rank of black belt in martial arts.
4. Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.
5. (units of measurement) Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass, chiefly used as a dry measure of grains.
6. (units of measurement) A traditional unit of equivalent volume, now officially equal to 100 liters.
7. A dan buoy.
8. Pronunciation spelling of than.

Example Sentences

Dan Phoebus, he with many a low'ring look / Had her beheld in yore in angry wise.

Old Dan Geoffrey, in whose gentle spright / The pure well-head of Poesy did dwell.

This senior-junior, giant-dwarf, dan Cupid.

The patriarchal age, / What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land.

He did—and in a moment press'd / The place—in Paradise the best, / As by Dan Moses said.

Dan Chaucer, the first warbler, whose sweet breath / Preluded those melodious bursts, that fill / The spacious times of great Elizabeth / With sounds that echo still.

Dan Neptune says that "ere a twelvemonth pass, / The Senate shall to Ireland go to grass."

Oh, me' name is Dan Homer, I'm blind, as the Jews, / And I travels around with my head full av news.

Word Forms

• Dan
• dans
• dan

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When Should You Use Dan?

Use dan when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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