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Definition of Allen
1. Noun. United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964).
2. Noun. United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-).
Generic synonyms: Actor, Histrion, Player, Role Player, Thespian, Film Maker, Film Producer, Filmmaker, Movie Maker
3. Noun. A soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789).
Definition of Allen
1. Proper noun. (surname A=An English and Scottish from=given names dot=) derived from the given name Alan. ¹
2. Proper noun. (given name male from=Celtic), a variant of Alan; in modern use often transferred from the surname. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allen
Literary usage of Allen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1908)
"allen, Caroline Stetson. Little old-time Sunday, and other stories. ...
allen memorial, second series : descendants of Samuel allen of Windsor, Conn., ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"The author, RC allen, shows good reason to believe that the Gogebic which has
... XXII. mention in as much as allen has not confined himself to work in ..."
3. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"allen effectively acted as Ghorbani- 77-020 0 - B7 - 10 far's CIA case officer
from their first meeting in January 1986. allen's notes record that, ..."
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