apan
apan noun: a member of an amateur press association.
Noun (1)
apan (plural apans)
- A member of an amateur press association.
- The greatest apan of all time lives on a quiet old street rising above Hagerstown, Maryland.1990 August, Guy Lillian, “'Tis the Season”, in Mimosa, number 8, page 4
- Most of the participants in the mundane apas are hobby printers—-and the disdain with which our fandom once viewed Xeroxing of fanzines is but a pale reflection of the way mundane apans have looked upon the mimeo and the ditto as a means of publishing "papers" (as they call their amateur...1998 October 3, Brown, Rich [Dr Gafia], “Fan Terms (1)”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), retrieved 13 Jun 2018, message-ID <19981003020622.14181.00000964@ng52.aol.com>
- Synonyms:
- apahack
Noun (2) capitalized: APAn
APAn (plural APAns)
- Alternative form of apan.
- The 19-year-old fresh-faced kid in the Browncoat costume talking about Harry Turtledove in the consuite is every bit as much a fan as the APAn cranking a mimeograph and pondering the right and wrong of the Breendoggle.2009 March, Warren Buff, “LOCs”, in BCSFAzine, number 430, British Columbia Science Fiction Association, page 4
Synonyms of apan
Forms of apan
| plural | apans |
|---|---|
| alternative form | APAn |
| plural | APAns |
Origin of apan
From APA (“amateur press association”) + -n (“of or pertaining to”).
Questions about apan
- What does apan mean?
- Apan means a member of an amateur press association.
- What part of speech is apan?
- Apan is a noun.
- What is the plural of apan?
- The plural of apan is apans.
Words near apan in the dictionary
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