Dylan

[ dil-uhn ]

/ ˈdɪl ən /

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noun

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

a male given name.

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Words nearby Dylan

dyewood, Dyfed, dying, dyke, dykon, Dylan, Dylan, Bob, dymaxion, dyn, dyna-, dynameter

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How to use Dylan in a sentence

Perhaps you will understand after this year, that sometimes “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall,” as Dylan sang.
A Mother’s Day letter to my daughter, after a year that changed our family forever|Alexandra Moe|May 7, 2021|Washington Post
Framed by the small screen, 20-year-old Dylan directs the conversation and dictates the night’s roster of shapes.
The toll pandemic isolation took on me and my autistic son|Lisa Wolfson|May 1, 2021|Quartz
Dylan is looking forward to returning to school in-person next fall.
In Arkansas, Trans Youth Face the Country's Strictest Laws Yet|Raisa Bruner|April 9, 2021|Time
Presciently, it turns out, because the future—for all of us, not just Dylan—will consist significantly of hearing the songs of Dylan’s past.
Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and other old rockers are the hottest new asset class|Samanth Subramanian|March 13, 2021|Quartz

Which means potentially, way higher taxes for deals with artists like Dylan and Nicks and for M&A deals in general.
Why are artists and companies selling off their music catalogs?|Lucinda Shen|December 9, 2020|Fortune
This performance of Bob Dylan's 1971 blues tune features Clapton on guitar.
Joe Cocker's Deep Live Cuts|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Willie Watson is a throwback to the days of Woody Guthrie and early Bob Dylan.
The Best Albums of 2014|Ted Gioia|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Are you going to pass up a chance to share songwriting credits with Dylan?
Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford, and Others Crowdsource A Dylan Album|Malcolm Jones|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dylan McDonald, 17, whose face was painted blue and white, said the nation had spoken.
Scotland Says Resounding ‘No’ to Independence|Nico Hines|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
[Laughs] And then we had Bob Dylan sing “Return to Me” especially for us.
David Chase on Tony Soprano’s Fate, the State of TV, and Why He Couldn’t Finish ‘True Detective’|Marlow Stern|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Llewyrch ebyr myr, morfeydd dylan; Pan lewych huan ar fann fynydd.
Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards|Evan Evans
No wave ever broke under him; he swam like a fish; and hence was called Dylan Eil Ton or "son of the wave."
The Religion of the Ancient Celts|J. A. MacCulloch
And for that reason was he called Dylan, the son of the Wave.
The Mabinogion|Lady Charlotte Guest
Dylan, however, has no dark traits and is described as a blonde.
The Religion of the Ancient Celts|J. A. MacCulloch

British Dictionary definitions for Dylan

Dylan

/ (ˈdɪlən) /

noun

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)

Derived forms of Dylan

Dylanesque, adjective

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