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Hanoi Jane

Hanoi Jane proper noun: a nickname for the American actress Jane Fonda.

Proper noun

Hanoi Jane

  1. (derogatory) A nickname for the American actress Jane Fonda.
    • Ironically, Jane Fonda, who in her Hanoi Jane days had ridiculed American fighting men, helped restore popular respectability to Vietnam veterans with her 1978 movie Coming Home.2000, Robert Brent Toplin, Oliver Stone's USA: Film, History, and Controversy, page 138
    • Nevertheless, the figure of Hanoi Jane began to fade by the 1980s. The 1981 film On Golden Pond, which Jane Fonda made with her father, Henry Fonda, had a warm, familial feel that gave her image a "good daughter" varnish.2010, Jerry Lembcke, Hanoi Jane: War, Sex, & Fantasies of Betrayal, Univ of Massachusetts Press, →ISBN, page 3

Origin of Hanoi Jane

Named for her opposition to US involvement in the Vietnam War, resulting in accusations of her being supportive of North Vietnam, whose capital was Hanoi during the war.

Questions about Hanoi Jane

What does Hanoi Jane mean?
Hanoi Jane means a nickname for the American actress Jane Fonda.
What part of speech is Hanoi Jane?
Hanoi Jane is a proper noun.

Words near Hanoi Jane in the dictionary

  1. Hanny's Voorwerp
  2. Hano
  3. Hanodaganears
  4. Hanoi
  5. Hanoi Hilton
  6. Hanoi Jane
  7. Hanoian
  8. Hanoians
  9. hanok
  10. hanoks
  11. Hanon

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