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SHAWN
Shawn, Ted Shawn
(noun) United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Shawn
A male given name from Irish, popular in the US in the 1970s.
A female given name from Irish, transferred from the male name.
Anagrams
• Hawns, hwans
Source: Wiktionary
SHAW
Shaw, n. Etym: [OE. schawe, scha, thicket, grove, AS. scaga; akin to Dan. skov, Sw. skog, Icel. sk.]
1. A thicket; a small wood or grove. [Obs. or Prov.Eng. & Scot.] Burns. Gaillard he was as goldfinch in the shaw. Chaucer. The green shaws, the merry green woods. Howitt.
2. pl.
Definition: The leaves and tops of vegetables, as of potatoes, turnips, etc. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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