Dylan

American  

[dil-uhn] / ˈdɪl ən /

noun

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

2. a male given name.

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Dylan British  

/ 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)

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Other Word Forms

• Dylanesque
  adjective

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Example Sentences

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Dylan

It was her grandad who introduced her to rock music, playing Tom Petty and Bob Dylan on long road trips.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

It also threads throughout a few clever nods to Bob Dylan, though how that element fits into the whole I’ve yet to fully figure out—just the kind of lingering headscratcher this festival excels at.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Braves left-hander Dylan Dodd held the Dodgers to just two hits through three scoreless innings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

When Dylan Wagner bought his first home in Naperville, Ill., in 2022, a mortgage broker suggested he apply for an ARM instead of a fixed-rate loan because it would make his monthly payments more affordable.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Dylan moves quicker this time, ignoring the loud floorboards.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

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