Wayne

American  

[weyn] / weɪn /

noun

1. Anthony Mad Anthony, 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general.

2. John Marion Michael MorrisonDuke, 1907–79, U.S. film actor.

3. a township in N New Jersey.

4. a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.

5. a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “wagonmaker.”

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Wayne British  

/ weɪn /

noun

1. John, real name Marion Michael Morrison. 1907–79, US film actor, noted esp for his many Westerns, which include Stagecoach (1939), The Alamo (1960), and True Grit (1969), for which he won an Oscar

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Example Sentences

Wayne Faulkner is from Los Angeles but now lives in Indiana, where gas is about $3.50 per gallon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

“What I remember is the time John Wayne killed three men with a carbine . . . and the time the kitten found Orson Welles in the doorway in The Third Man.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Ono’s very first “Wish Tree” — a baby grapefruit tree planted in a wooden box — was shown in 1996 at Santa Monica’s Shoshana Wayne Gallery in Bergamot Station.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It was not until the solicitor of survivors Wayne and Sharon contacted the trust in March 2025, that NUH considered them, the inquiry was told.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

“When I was five, my uncle down the street was having trouble with his house, so my mom offered him ours,” Wayne tells me.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove