Finn

¹

[fin]

noun

1. Irish Legend.,  a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.

Finn

²

[fin]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Finland.

2. any native speaker of Finnish.

3. a native speaker of any Finnic language.

Finn.

³

Or Finn

abbreviation

1. Finnish.

Finn

¹

/ fɪn /

noun

1. a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Finland

2. a speaker of a Finnic language, esp one of the original inhabitants of Russia, who were pushed northwards during the Slav migrations

3. a type of dinghy, designed to be sailed by one person

Finn

²

/ fɪn /

noun

1. known as Finn MacCool . (in Irish legend) chief of the Fianna, father of the heroic poet Ossian

Finn

³

/ ˈfɪn /

noun

1. Neil ( Mullane ). born 1958, New Zealand singer and songwriter; lead singer with the group Crowded House (from 1985) with whom he recorded the albums Crowded House (1986), Woodface (1991), and Time on Earth (2007). Solo albums include Try Whistling This (1998)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Finn¹

Old English Finnas (plural); related to Old Norse Finnr Finn, Latin Fennī the Finns, Greek Phinnoi

Example Sentences

Finn has cerebral palsy and goes to the Buddy Bear School.

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"It's so easy to," said Liverpool supporter Finn, who is in his 20s.

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Jay Parini, in his review, observed that the author of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was the man who “embodied, or perhaps invented, the American voice, with its granular lyricism and rough-edged, transgressive humor.”

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They rallied briefly, with a Finn Russell penalty to make it a 12-point game against Argentina, and then imploded again.

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Finn dropped short and was pulled through the leg side.

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