jean
see also: Jean
Pronunciation Noun

jean

  1. (mostly attributive) Denim.
    She wore a tattered jean jacket.

Jean
Pronunciation Proper noun
  1. A female given name.
    • 1788, Robert Burns, Of A' the Airts the Wind Can Blaw:
      There's not a bonnie flower that springs / By fountain, shaw, or green, / There's not a bonnie bird that sings / But minds me o' my Jean.
    • 1866, Louisa May Alcott, Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power, Chapter II
      Isn't Jean a pretty name?" "Not bad; but why don't you call her Miss Muir?" "She begged me not. She hates it, and loves to be called Jean, alone."
    • 1972, Anne Tyler, The Clock Winder, Knopf, 1972, page 67
      He was trying to think of her name; she had come to cook him dinner twice last spring. Jean, maybe. Or Betty. One of these plain names.}}
  2. A male given name
  3. Surname
  4. An unincorporated community in Nevada
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