Behan
[ bee-uhn ]
/ ˈbi ən /
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noun
Bren·dan (Francis) [bren-duhn], /ˈbrɛn dən/, 1923–64, Irish playwright.
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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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