GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Dan (dăn), n. [OE. dan, danz, OF. danz (prop. only nom.), dan, master, fr. L. dominus. See Dame.] A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. [Obs.]
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Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright
The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell. Spenser.
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What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land. Thomson.
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Dan, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
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