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

Example Sentences

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Dylan

At an event shortly after the release, Figma Chief Executive Dylan Field said Anthropic hadn’t been “consistently candid in their communications,” according to attendees of the event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

The drummer and sometimes singer from the Band, a group that backed Bob Dylan for a time and had its own star-studded farewell concert captured on film by Martin Scorsese, had declared bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

Dylan and Catrin Green from Cardiff took Macs to hospital six weeks ago after he struggled feeding.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

We have the Bob Dylan songbook and what me and my husband do for fun is just open a page and play whatever song is on that page.”

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

The others crowd the doorway and Lara lets Dylan pull her over too.

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