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dans

dans is the plural of dan.

Meaning of dan

Noun (1)

dan

  1. (obsolete) A title of honour or respect similar to "master" or "Sir", used of historical and legendary figures of the past.
    • Dan Phoebus, he with many a low'ring look / Had her beheld in yore in angry wise.1578, George Gascoigne, “A Moonshine Banquet”, in A Hundred Sundry Flowers

Noun (2)

dan (plural dans)

  1. A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

Noun (3)

dan (plural dans)

  1. A rank of black belt in martial arts.
  2. Someone who has achieved a level of black belt.

Noun (4)

dan (plural dans or dan)

  1. (units of measurement) Synonym of picul: a traditional unit of weight and mass, chiefly used as a dry measure of grains.
    Synonyms:
    picul
  2. (units of measurement) A traditional unit of equivalent volume, now officially equal to 100 liters.

See all 16 meanings of dan

Proper noun capitalized: Dans

Dans

  1. A surname.
    • Dans told CNN he will formally launch his campaign with a prayer breakfast Wednesday in Charleston.2025 July 28, Steve Contorno, “Project 2025 architect Paul Dans to challenge Lindsey Graham for Senate in South Carolina”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2025

Noun capitalized: Dans

Dans

  1. (plural) plural of Dan

Phrases with dans

Questions about dans

What does dans mean?
Dans means a surname.
What is dans the plural of?
Dans is the plural of dan.
What part of speech is dans?
Dans can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near dans in the dictionary

  1. Danophones
  2. danoprevir
  3. Danowski
  4. Danowskis
  5. danpatsushiki
  6. dans
  7. dansak
  8. dansaks
  9. dansband
  10. Dansby
  11. Dansbys

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dans (page history and authors); Dans (page history and authors); dan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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