Dylan

American  

[dil-uhn] / ˈdɪl ən /

noun

1. Bob Robert Zimmerman, born 1941, U.S. folk-rock singer, guitarist, and composer.

2. a male given name.

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Dylan British  

/ ˈdɪlən /

noun

1. Bob. real name Robert Allen Zimmerman. born 1941, US rock singer and songwriter, also noted for his acoustic protest songs in the early 1960s. His albums include The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Blonde on Blonde (1966), John Wesley Harding (1968), Blood on the Tracks (1974), Oh Mercy (1989), Time Out of Mind (1997), and Love and Theft (2001)

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Other Word Forms

• Dylanesque adjective

Example Sentences

The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and Bruce Springstein round out the site's top five most recognised names.

From BBC

Bob Dylan wrote a protest song about Moore’s death.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the video shows the five boys launch into the song before Dylan says "love you" and the group walk off.

From BBC

His numbers got a further boost when running back Dylan Sampson took a short pass and converted it into Sanders’s first career touchdown throw.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dylan Southern directs from a script based on Max Porter’s novella.

From The Wall Street Journal