Wayne

[ weyn ]

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.”

Wayne

/ weɪn /

noun

1. WayneJohn19071979MUSFILMS AND TV: actor 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

Example Sentences

The role was originally offered to John Wayne, who rejected it for being “unpatriotic.”

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Last week, Robert Wayne Holsey of Georgia and Paul Goodwin of Missouri were executed within just a few hours of each other.

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Take the case of Herx v. Diocese of Fort Wayne, an employment discrimination suit in the Seventh Circuit.

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“So maybe I get trapped here or something and have to have a John Wayne shootout,” McMullen told CNN.

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As soon as Jaco [Pastorius] told me that Wayne [Shorter] would be there, I was on it right away!

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Savannah, Georgia, evacuated by the British, and taken possession of by general Wayne.

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In the centre Wayne and Buck were engaged, stubborn and confused.

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Wayne did not drop the hand that hung on to the tree-branch.

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Wayne made a violent gesture, and the King soothed him wildly.

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One rush of the enemy carried Wayne by force against the tree.

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