dan
Multiple Entries:dan Dan.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dan1
▶noun any of ten degrees of advanced proficiency in judo or karate.
■ a person who has achieved a dan.
– origin 1940s: from Japanese.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dan2 (also dan buoy)
▶noun a small temporary marker buoy with a lightweight flagpole.
– origin C17: of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Dan.
▶abbreviation Daniel (in biblical references).
'dan' also found in these Oxford entries:
aquavit
- atto-
- Balthazar
- brisling
- claggy
- crawl
- Dan.
- dayan
- dewlap
- doze
- erl-king
- eth
- femto-
- Fifth-monarchy-man
- flense
- glimmer
- hafnium
- hank
- hatch
- kip
- krone
- landrace
- lathe
- leech
- Lego
- lemming
- lur
- mull
- narwhal
- øre
- palstave
- pike
- rump
- sild
- skol
- troll
- writing
