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Regan

Regan proper noun: a surname from Irish from Irish Ó Riagáin, variant of Reagan.

Proper noun

Regan

  1. A surname from Irish from Irish Ó Riagáin, variant of Reagan.
    • Except for Donald Regan, who served as White House Chief of Staff between 1985 and 1987, Reagan's staff gradually learned to appreciate Nancy's role.1998, Adriana Bosch, Reagan: An American Story, New York: TV Books, →OCLC, page 75
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A female given name transferred from the surname or from the name of the evil daughter of King Lear. William Shakespeare may have got the name from the ultimately same Irish source.
    • Regan looked blank for a moment; then turned around to Sharon and grinned, her mouth full of braces and shy rebuke.1971, William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist, New York: Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 24
  4. A minor city in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States.

Questions about Regan

What does Regan mean?
Regan means a surname from Irish from Irish Ó Riagáin, variant of Reagan.
What part of speech is Regan?
Regan is a proper noun.

Words near Regan in the dictionary

  1. regalvanization
  2. regalvanize
  3. regalvanized
  4. regalvanizes
  5. regalvanizing
  6. Regan
  7. regard
  8. regard ring
  9. regard rings
  10. regardable
  11. regardant

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