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jordans

jordans is the plural of jordan.

Meaning of jordan

Noun

jordan (plural jordans)

  1. (obsolete) A vessel resembling a retort bulb or Florence flask with a truncated neck and flared mouth, used by medieval doctors and alchemists.
    • Make a good lute... and þerwiþ daub þi Iordan al aboute... and putte al þi mater in þe Iordan and hange it ouer þe fier by þe necke þᵗ þe glas be almoost an hond brede fro þe coolis.15th c., Sloane MS. 73, p. 133
  2. (obsolete) A chamber pot.
    • 2.Car. Why, you will allow vs ne're a Iourden, and then we leake in your Chimney: and your Chamber-lye breeds Fleas like a Loach.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    Synonyms:
    jordan-pot

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Proper noun capitalized: Jordans

Jordans

  1. (plural) plural of Jordan
  2. Basketball shoes on the Air Jordan brand.

Questions about jordans

What does jordans mean?
Jordans means basketball shoes on the Air Jordan brand.
What is jordans the plural of?
Jordans is the plural of jordan.
What part of speech is jordans?
Jordans is a proper noun.

Words near jordans in the dictionary

  1. Jordanizations
  2. Jordanize
  3. Jordano-
  4. jordanon
  5. jordanons
  6. jordans
  7. Jordanston
  8. Jordanstone
  9. Jordanstown
  10. jorden
  11. jordens

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