Lynn

[lin]

noun

1. Janet Janet Lynn Nowicki, born 1953, U.S. figure skater.

2. a seaport in E Massachusetts, on Massachusetts Bay.

3. a male given name, form of Lincoln, Linton.

4. Also Lynne. a female given name, form of Caroline or Carolyn.

Lynn

¹

/ lɪn /

noun

1. Also called: Lynn Regis. another name for King's Lynn

Lynn

²

/ lɪn /

noun

1. Dame Vera , original name Vera Margaret Lewis . born 1917, British singer popular during World War II and known as "the forces' sweetheart". Her best-known songs are "We'll Meet Again" and "White Cliffs of Dover"

Example Sentences

"It has been fairly hand-to-mouth over the years we've been operating," says Lynn Saunders, another of the co-founders of the Safer Living Foundations as well as a former governor at Whatton and now professor of applied criminology at Derby University.

From BBC

It’s less a song than a preamble, setting the stage for everything that’s to come: an outsider following in the footsteps of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn and the rest of the country outlaws standing up and taking her rightful place.

From Salon

“I love Sinéad so much and I never want the story of Chris saying that to her to overshadow also what she meant to me,” Price told Salon. “. . . she just embodies truth and fearlessness, she’s somebody that I look up to the way that I look up to Patti Smith and the way that I look up to Loretta Lynn.”

From Salon

Sean Lynn, who took over as Wales head coach before this year's Women's Six Nations, made seven changes to his starting XV.

From BBC

Despite falling to a 42-0 defeat by one of the World Cup favourites, Lynn's youthful side showed plenty of green shoots to work with moving forward.

From BBC