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Definition of 'Ann'English
Alternative forms
* Anne
Proper noun
( en-proper noun)
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* 1903 , Man and Superman : Act I:
- RAMSDEN . When you say Ann , you mean, I presume, Miss Whitefield.
- TANNER''. I mean our Ann''', your '''Ann''', Tavy's '''Ann''', and now, Heaven help me, my ' Ann .
* 1969 Constance Urdang, Natural History , Harper&Row 1969, page 61:
- Given a perfectly good American name like Ann , she has deliberately chosen to label herself "Anya" after a long-dead great-grandmother, and put jam in her tea.
* 2005 , In Sheep's Clothing , Dafina Books, ISBN 0758203446, page 129:
- "Her full name is Annie Lou. Like calling herself a snooty white girl name like Ann makes up for it."
- "Must I remind you that Ann is also my middle name?"
Usage notes
* Popular since fourteenth century due to the medieval cult of Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary.
* A very common middle name since the 20th century.
Related terms
* Anita, Anna, Anne, Annette, Annie, Annika, Anya, Nan, Nance, Nancy, Nannie, Nanny
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