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  stan

  noun

  an overly enthusiastic fan, especially of a celebrity.
• Stan
  Stan

  noun

  a male given name, form of Stanley.
• -stan
  -stan

  a combining form used humorously to form mock place names, as in Canuckistan, a nickname for Canada, or Nerdistan, any place dominated by high-tech industry and therefore supposedly populated by nerds: sometimes suggesting isolation, backwardness, or lack of freedom.

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Slang dictionary results for stan.

stan

¹ American  

[stan] / stæn /

noun

1. an overly enthusiastic fan, especially of a celebrity.

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verb (used without object)

1. to be an overly enthusiastic fan of someone or something.

   He's my fave rapper but I don't stan for him.

Stan ² American  

[stan] / stæn /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Stanley.

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-stan ³ American  

Sometimes Disparaging.

1. a combining form used humorously to form mock place names, as in Canuckistan, a nickname for Canada, or Nerdistan, any place dominated by high-tech industry and therefore supposedly populated by nerds: sometimes suggesting isolation, backwardness, or lack of freedom.

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Etymology

Origin of stan¹

First recorded in 2005–10; blend of stalk(er) ( def. ) + fan ² ( def. ), influenced by the rapper Eminem's 2000 song “Stan”

Origin of -stan³

First recorded in 1955–60; from Persian -stân “place of (something), place abounding in (something),” akin to Sanskrit sthā́na “location, place”; see also stand ( def. )

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At the end of the day, a real-life stan of a pop star wants the same things that the people in Oliver’s fictional posse do: to have their existence validated by celebrity.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2025

As a guy who came up in New Jersey’s scrappy punk scene, Antonoff, 40, is perhaps an unlikely Meyers stan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024

“We stan a messy queen, and having one on Capitol Hill is the best thing that’s happened in Congress in ages,” his office said in a press release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2024

But younger generations are increasingly motivated by the idea of brand loyalty that comes with being a stan of the global superstars dominating the charts, whether it’s Taylor Swift, BTS, Billie Eilish, or Beyoncé.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2024

The time to stan worrying about how things worked was when they broke down or fell apart, and not before.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Stan Kroenke appears to be the perfect guy to resolve the longest-running and most critical order of business in Anaheim: Will the Angels stay in Anaheim, and where will they play?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Billionaire Stan Kroenke has already conquered most of the biggest sports leagues on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Stan Kroenke had a vision for bringing the NFL back to L.A.; its foundation was SoFi Stadium, which has become a cultural epicenter that extends beyond sports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

When Stan Druckenmiller’s op-ed arrived by email on Monday this week, my first reaction was—great.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

One of them had still had a wand....It’s him...it’s the real one....They had said it right after he had tried to Disarm Stan....

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling