Lynn

American  

[lin] / lɪn /

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.

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Lynn ¹ British  

/ lɪn /

noun

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

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Lynn ² British  

/ 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"

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Example Sentences

In a decision last February, though, District Judge Lynn Winmill disagreed, speaking about doctors’ rights and women’s rights in the language of self-defense.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

Shortly after his death, people mounted casual watching parties linked to, of all titles, “Repo! The Genetic Opera,” a 2008 rock musical-meets-Grand Guignol from “Saw” director Darren Lynn Bousman.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

In fact Wilder wrote several scenes, and the playwright Kirk Lynn, whom Mr. Tapper is essentially here portraying, delved through Wilder’s archives and “completed” the play that follows.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Lynn Brittain, who has lived here for 57 years, says the estate is "deteriorating" and it breaks her heart.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Then Becky and Dara Lynn wakes up, sad faced ’cause they think we got to take Shiloh over to Judd’s.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor