Dylan

[dil-uhn]

noun

1. Bob Robert Zimmerman, born 1941, U.S. folk-rock singer, guitarist, and composer.

2. a male given name.

Dylan

/ ˈdɪlən /

noun

1. Bob. real name Robert Allen Zimmerman. born 1941, US rock singer and songwriter, also noted for his acoustic protest songs in the early 1960s. His albums include The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Blonde on Blonde (1966), John Wesley Harding (1968), Blood on the Tracks (1974), Oh Mercy (1989), Time Out of Mind (1997), and Love and Theft (2001)

Other Word Forms

• Dylanesque adjective

Example Sentences

His numbers got a further boost when running back Dylan Sampson took a short pass and converted it into Sanders’s first career touchdown throw.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Dylan Southern directs from a script based on Max Porter’s novella.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Rej often formed friendships with the bands he worked with, which included the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Kinks, as well as such musicians as Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix and Chuck Berry.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Dylan Hernandez wrote, “Ohtani’s five most recent seasons mark one of the most extraordinary periods by any player in any era.”

Read more on Los Angeles Times

Under Armour has tried to narrow down its product selection, and sell at higher prices and strengthen marketing efforts, William Blair analyst Dylan Carden said in a note last week.

Read more on MarketWatch