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fanons

fanons is the plural of fanon.

Meaning of fanon

Noun (1)

fanon (plural fanons)

  1. A vestment reserved only for the Pope for use during a pontifical Mass.
  2. Part of a bishop's mitre. They are the tabs extending down from the mitre, often with a cross near the end of each. See lappet.
  3. A maniple.
  4. A fold of linen laid under a splint.

Noun (2)

fanon (uncountable)

  1. (slang) Elements introduced by fans which are not in the official canon of a fictional world but are widely believed to be or treated as if canonical.
    • In this way, smaller groups within a fandom agree on readings which may be completely at odds with the canon, but which in time acquire legitimacy as fanon.2014, Maria Lindgren Leavenworth, Malin Isaksson, Fanged Fan Fiction: Variations on Twilight, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries, page 53

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Questions about fanons

What is fanons the plural of?
Fanons is the plural of fanon.

Words near fanons in the dictionary

  1. Fanonian
  2. fanonical
  3. Fanonism
  4. Fanonist
  5. Fanonists
  6. fanons
  7. fanook
  8. fanooks
  9. fanorona
  10. fanos
  11. fanouropita

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fanons (page history and authors); fanon (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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