Dylan

American

[dil-uhn] / ˈdɪl ən /

noun

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

Dylan British

/ 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)

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Dylanesque

adjective

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And the veteran Dylan Baker makes a welcome late entrance as Argan’s doctor-scorning brother, Beralde.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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

Gen. Colin Powell and Bob Dylan are among Sparrow’s fans, with Powell dubbing him the “Mount Olympus of Calypso.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

But Bellamy feels his squad - missing Harry Wilson, Karl Darlow, Dylan Lawlor, Joe Rodon and Nathan Broadhead through injury - are capable of improving.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Dylan, a classmate, stops, looks, walks backward, then shuts the door.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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