pean

[ pee-uhn ]
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noun
  1. a variant of paean.

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How to use pean in a sentence

  • pean sprang after them, and in a few minutes I heard the dull, muffled report of his musket.

    Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. Shields
  • The deer had fallen after going but a few yards, but was not quite dead when pean came up and shot it through the head.

    Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. Shields
  • pean cut only a handful of boughs, spread them near the fire, threw his coat over them, and lay down.

    Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. Shields
  • Old pean complained of feeling unwell during the evening, and in the morning when we got up said he was sick.

    Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. Shields
  • pean brought with him a cotton bedspread that had also once been white, but left this with the canoe.

    Cruisings in the Cascades | George O. Shields

British Dictionary definitions for pean (1 of 2)

pean1

/ (ˈpiːən) /


noun
  1. a less common US spelling of paean

British Dictionary definitions for pean (2 of 2)

pean2

/ (piːn) /


noun
  1. heraldry a fur of sable spotted with or

Origin of pean

2
C16: of uncertain origin

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