Behan

American  

[bee-uhn] / ˈbi ən /

noun

1. Brendan (Francis) 1923–64, Irish playwright.

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Behan British  

/ ˈbiːən /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

The earnings were “as good as it gets for Micron and for better or worse, that raises the bar heading into next quarter,” Behan says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“A years-long list of remaining performance obligations positions Oracle as a key beneficiary of structural compute demand,” said Jake Behan, head of capital markets at Direxion.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

But dynamics elsewhere in the tech sector have shown that “raw AI spending isn’t enough to keep traders excited,” Jake Behan, Direxion’s head of capital markets, said in emailed comments.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

Sir David Behan, the OfS chairman, says a university going bust “isn’t imminent now”, but to reduce the risk higher education needs to be “radically reimagined”.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

The days drew on to hay-harvest, and on the 5th of June Roger and his men started to mow Behan Parc, a wide meadow to the east of the house.

From Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir