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Dan
1[dan]
noun
(in the Bible) a son of Jacob and Bilhah.
one of the 12 tribes of ancient Israel, traditionally descended from him.
the northernmost city of ancient Palestine.
a male given name, form of Daniel.
Dan
2[dan]
noun
a title of honor equivalent to master or sir:
Dan Chaucer.
dan
3[dahn, dan]
noun
a degree of expertise in karate, judo, tae kwon do, etc., usually signified by the wearing of a cloth belt of a particular color; level.
a sixth-degree dan.
Dan
1/ æ /
noun
the fourth son of Jacob (Genesis 30:1–6)
the tribe descended from him
a city in the northern territory of Canaan
Dan.
2abbreviation
Bible Daniel
Danish
dan
3/ æ /
noun
any one of the 10 black-belt grades of proficiency
a competitor entitled to dan grading
Dan
4/ æ /
noun
an archaic title of honour, equivalent to Master or Sir
Dan Chaucer
dan
5/ æ /
noun
Also called: dan buoy.a small buoy used as a marker at sea
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Dan1
Origin of Dan2
Idioms and Phrases
from Dan to Beersheba, from one outermost extreme or limit to the other.
Example Sentences
Leinster's third try arrived soon after though and it was another British and Irish Lion, van der Flier making the most of a powerful maul after McGrath had been taken out off the ball following a powerful Dan Sheehan burst.
Solomone Kata pulled back a crucial try for the Tigers but when departing Leicester legend Dan Cole was sent to the sin-bin with 11 minutes to go, Russell slotted a second penalty.
He regularly travels a three-hour round trip from Chatham to Brighton to train under Dan Woledge, the coach who guided Moses Itauma at the start of his career.
New Reform council leader Dan Harrison said the changes to flag-flying protocols were "to celebrate British values that unite us all".
Dan Cohen, chief content licensing content officer for Paramount Global and president of Republic Pictures, said he isn’t surprised by the resilience of “Gunsmoke,” as the audience for westerns is deeply loyal, even outside the U.S.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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