Behan

[ bee-uh n ]

/ ˈbi ən /

noun

Bren·dan (Francis)

[bren-duh n] /ˈbrɛn dən/, 1923–64, Irish playwright.

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British Dictionary definitions for behan

Behan

/ (ˈbiːən) /

noun

Brendan . 1923–64, Irish writer, noted esp for his plays The Quare Fellow (1954) and The Hostage (1958) and for an account of his detention as a member of the Irish Republican Army, Borstal Boy (1958)

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