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Definition of Shawn
1. Noun. United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972).
Generic synonyms: Choreographer, Dancer, Professional Dancer, Terpsichorean
Definition of Shawn
1. Proper noun. (Irish male given name), popular in the US in the 1970s. ¹
2. Proper noun. (Irish female given name), transferred from the male name. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shawn
1. shaw [v] - See also: shaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shawn
Literary usage of Shawn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Irish Literature by Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Douglas Hyde, Charles Welsh, Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche (1904)
"Anyway one word borrowed another, an' the end av it was, shawn flailed at her
... Wud that, one word borrowed another, an' shawn stood up an' gev her the ..."
2. Journal by English Place-Name Society (1905)
"shawn Ru, the Rapparee : a Tradition of Macroom. ,, WENTY miles due west of Cork
city, a stream called the ..."
3. The Practices and Procedures of the Investigating Services of the Deparment edited by Strom Thurmond (1998)
"PREPARED STATEMENT BY KENNETH AND KATHLEEN PLUNKETT, PARENTS OF shawn A. PLUNKETT,
USA The action/lack of action on behalf of the US Army and personnel ..."
4. Wild Sports of the West: With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches by William Hamilton Maxwell (1843)
"shawn a tra buoy.—Seals.—The Blind Seal. THE morning had a sullen look; Slieve
More retained his nightcap ; the edge of the horizon where the ocean met the ..."
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