dan

Meanings

1. A title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.

1. A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

1. A rank of black belt in martial arts.
2. Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.

1. Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass, chiefly used as a dry measure of grains.
2. A traditional unit of equivalent volume, now officially equal to 100 liters.

1. A dan buoy.

1. Pronunciation spelling of than.

1. A male given name from Hebrew.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Daniel.
3. A diminutive of the female given name Danielle.
4. A surname.
5. The fifth son of Jacob and Bilhah (who was Rachel's handmaid).
6. One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Dan.
7. A former city occupied by this tribe.

1. Alternative form of dan (title of honour).

1. A Mande ethnic group from northwestern Ivory Coast and neighboring Liberia.
2. The language of this people, belonging to the Southern Mande branch.

1. Acronym of deadenylating nuclease, a protein that binds the 5' cap of mRNA and begins degradation in the 3' to 5' direction.
2. Acronym of Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons, a scientific instrument of the Mars Science Laboratory onboard the Curiosity rover at Mars.

1. Acronym of Divers Alert Network.

Etymology

From Middle English dan, daun, dam (“lord”), from Anglo-Norman daun, daunz and Old French dan, dam, from Latin dominus. Doublet of don.