dan
Pronunciation: /dæn/
The English word “dan” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- A title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.
- A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
- A rank of black belt in martial arts.
- Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.
- Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass, chiefly used as a dry measure of grains.
- A traditional unit of equivalent volume, now officially equal to 100 liters.
- A dan buoy.
Etymology
From Middle English dan, daun, dam (“lord”), from Anglo-Norman daun, daunz and Old French dan, dam, from Latin dominus. Doublet of don.
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