I. ˈdan, ˈdaa(ə)n noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle English dan, daun, daunz, an honorable title for members of religious orders, from Middle French dan, danz, from Old French, from Medieval Latin domnus, from Latin dominus lord, master — more at dame
— used archaically as a title for deities and poets
Dan Cupid
Dan Chaucer
II. “, ˈdän noun
( plural dan or dans )
Usage: usually capitalized
: a people of the border region between the Ivory coast and Liberia
III. ˈdän, ˈdan noun
( -s )
Etymology: Japanese, step, grade
: the expert level in Oriental arts of self-defense (as judo and karate) and games (as shogi)