san

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san/san/

▶noun informal a sanatorium.

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San /sɑːn/

▶noun (pl. same)

• 1 a member of the Bushmen of southern Africa. See Bushman.

• 2 the group of Khoisan languages spoken by the San.

– origin from Nama sān ‘aboriginals, settlers’.

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-san

▶suffix (in Japan) an honorific title added to a personal or family name as a mark of politeness: Yamagouchi-san.

– origin Japanese, contr. of more formal sama.