ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fanne

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /fæn/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Fanne is a noun meaning (dated, sometimes derogatory, fandom slang) A female science fiction fan.

Meaning

(dated, sometimes derogatory, fandom slang) A female science fiction fan.

Example Sentences

Fannes — Pronounced the same as "fans," but used in writing to mean fem fans.
Dorothy lived in the middle of the great western plains, far away from any other fans. She was a very lonely little fanne, who could not afford to go to the annual World Conventions, and had been only to one Oklacon.
A little more than a week ago two fen and one fanne left for London as delegates to a big gathering formally billed as the Science Fiction Festival Convention but more intimately described as a fanference. […] Sad to relate, some of the European delegates were probably insurgents rather than true fen […] many of them would probably turn out to be real fen and fenne after all.

Word Forms

Synonyms for fanne

Depending on context, synonyms include fangirl, femfan.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include femfan, femmefan, fangirl, faaan, faan, mediafan.

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