Wayne

[weyn]

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.”

Wayne

/ 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

Example Sentences

When I was a freshman in college at the University of Michigan, during the winter break, I went back to Fort Wayne, Indiana, which is where I’m from.

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Wayne Stevens, the national lead for fraud at charity Victim Support, said: "Our experience is that victims get a pretty poor deal from the criminal justice system as a whole."

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"Her character keeps evolving. I want to be with Bridget Jones all the way to the nursing home," added Wayne.

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Her investigation led to the conviction of Met police officer Wayne Couzens.

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He said she had "a passion for music and dance", and had previously worked at London's Groucho Club, meeting artists such as dancer Wayne Sleep and singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini.

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