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dogan

dogan noun: a Roman Catholic, especially one of Irish origin.

Noun (1)

dogan (plural dogans)

  1. (Canada, offensive) A Roman Catholic, especially one of Irish origin.
    • I turned, expecting to see some skirted, leering priest with a crucifix in his hands summoning us into his dogan den.2006, Terrence Rundle West, Run of the Town, →ISBN, page 45

Noun (2) capitalized: Dogan

Dogan (plural Dogans)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of dogan.

Forms of dogan

pluraldogans
alternative formDogan
alternative formdogun
pluralDogans

Origin of dogan

First used in the 19th century, exact origin uncertain. Possibly from Dugan.

Questions about dogan

What does dogan mean?
Dogan means a Roman Catholic, especially one of Irish origin.
What part of speech is dogan?
Dogan is a noun.
What is the plural of dogan?
The plural of dogan is dogans.

Words near dogan in the dictionary

  1. dog-whistly
  2. doga
  3. dogaholic
  4. dogaholics
  5. dogal
  6. dogan
  7. dogans
  8. dogaressa
  9. dogaressas
  10. dogate
  11. dogates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dogan (page history and authors); Dogan (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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