Wayne

American  

[weyn] / weɪn /

noun

1. Anthony Mad Anthony, 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general.

2. John Marion Michael MorrisonDuke, 1907–79, U.S. film actor.

3. a township in N New Jersey.

4. a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.

5. a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “wagonmaker.”

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Wayne British  

/ weɪn /

noun

1. John, real name Marion Michael Morrison. 1907–79, US film actor, noted esp for his many Westerns, which include Stagecoach (1939), The Alamo (1960), and True Grit (1969), for which he won an Oscar

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Example Sentences

By the time Wayne Gretzky retired from the National Hockey League in 1999 as the greatest player ever, Michael Jordan had amassed six National Basketball Association championships and 10 scoring titles.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cotality continues to have transaction delays from the recording office in Wayne County, the most populous county in the Detroit metro area, the survey said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wayne, the Apple co-founder who left the company days after its founding, also made a rare appearance.

From Los Angeles Times

According to Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, Wayne, an engineer at the Atari video game company, was in charge of hardware engineering and documentation in the fledgling business.

From Barron's

A Black Hawk helicopter passed directly in front of a United Airlines passenger jet Tuesday as the plane was landing at John Wayne Airport, federal officials said.

From Los Angeles Times