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Ann - What does it mean?

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.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Adjective

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  • Anagrams

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    Similar to 'Ann'

    Ain, Ayn, An, Awan