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Dane

[ deyn ]

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
  2. a person of Danish descent.
  3. a male given name.


Dane

/ deɪn /

noun

  1. a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Denmark
  2. any of the Vikings who invaded England from the late 8th to the 11th century ad
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Dane1

before 950; Middle English Dan, Old English Dene (plural), influenced by Old Norse Danir (plural)
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Example Sentences

Just as Dane is about to touch it, a disembodied voice stops him and asks if he’s ready to do that.

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The primary reveal here is that Dane is a potential superhero.

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Dane was just filming it on his own, and I guess planned to either sell it to his fans on his website or sell it to a network.

I was really trying to come to terms with the idea of being a sort of a Robin or a Scottie Pippen to Dane’s Batman or Michael Jordan.

Underly grabbed a 71,344-vote margin out of Dane, half of her overall win margin, and impossible for Kerr to make up elsewhere.

Like many of us, Dane DeHaan grew up pretending to be Spider-Man.

WANT Les Essentiels de la Vie Stansted Garment Bag, $550 at East Dane  6.

The best Scrabble game I could come up with would be me, Jon Hamm, and Dane DeHaan.

The plane crash claimed the lives of Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) and Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh), and left Arizona with one leg.

The image, she says, pays homage to portraits of Henry VIII, as well as a famous photo of David Bowie parked next to a Great Dane.

"How that fire passed the guards I don't know, but there will be time to find out later," he said to Dane.

Once more the smoke grew blinding, and one of Dane's beasts went down.

The Great Dane, crouching close and snarling, watched him as a cat watches a mouse.

Dane turned and laughed at him as he signed to one of the Ontario hired men to take the near horse's head.

The dog was a Great Dane, big enough and seemingly savage enough for a bear.

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