jane
noun
a girl or woman.
jane
1 American
[jayn]
/ dʒeɪn /
noun
Slang.
Jane
2
American
[jayn]
/ dʒeɪn /
noun
jane
British
/ dʒeɪn /
noun
Etymology
Origin of jane
An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; generic use of the proper name
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She had picked out her favorite mask — a blue one with white polka-dots — and a pair of mary jane shoes with cats on them for her first day.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2020
In one episode the duo unwittingly land $2000 for getting Ray’s heart broken by a jane who won his honest affections and then dumped him.
From Forbes ● Nov. 18, 2011
Someone to help you interpret, ask follow-up questions and simply lend the support of their presence is invaluable. — jane gross Trust me, you need another person present.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2010
“In high school I read jane Eyre, Vanity Fair, Great Expectations, et cetera,” Immie went on.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
Your trousers too, which you have made, of fustian, of cassimere, of Scotch- plaid, of jane, nankeen and woollen broadcloth, are they not manifold?
From Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle
"Everyone knows Helen," says Jane Hill, who owns a party supply shop a few hundred metres down the town's main street from where Haines was hit.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
Some bankers at JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup were canceling meetings, while personnel around JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and Citi’s Jane Fraser deliberated over whether the chief executives should attend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Steve Palumbi, a study coauthor and the Jane and Marshall Steel, Jr. Professor in Marine Sciences, noticed something unusual in his laboratory.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Watts, who had previously worked on Planet Earth and The Sarah Jane Adventures, pitched to work on the programme with only a basic idea of the set-up.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
“Withdraw, then,—I consent; but remember, you leave me here in anguish. Go up to your own room; think over all I have said, and, Jane, cast a glance on my sufferings—think of me.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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