Dane

[ deyn ]

noun

a native or inhabitant of Denmark.
a person of Danish descent.

Great Dane.
a male given name.

Origin of Dane

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

Words Nearby Dane

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How to use Dane in a sentence

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.
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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.
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Underly grabbed a 71,344-vote margin out of Dane, half of her overall win margin, and impossible for Kerr to make up elsewhere.
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Like many of us, Dane DeHaan grew up pretending to be Spider-Man.
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WANT Les Essentiels de la Vie Stansted Garment Bag, $550 at East Dane 6.
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The best Scrabble game I could come up with would be me, Jon Hamm, and Dane DeHaan.
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The plane crash claimed the lives of Mark Sloan (Eric Dane) and Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh), and left Arizona with one leg.
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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.
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"How that fire passed the guards I don't know, but there will be time to find out later," he said to Dane.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold Bindloss
Once more the smoke grew blinding, and one of Dane's beasts went down.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold Bindloss
The Great Dane, crouching close and snarling, watched him as a cat watches a mouse.
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Dane turned and laughed at him as he signed to one of the Ontario hired men to take the near horse's head.
Winston of the Prairie | Harold Bindloss
The dog was a Great Dane, big enough and seemingly savage enough for a bear.
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British Dictionary definitions for Dane

Dane

/ (deɪn) /

noun

a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Denmark
any of the Vikings who invaded England from the late 8th to the 11th century ad

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