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Van Dyke

Van Dyke is the alternative form of vandyke.

Meaning of vandyke

Noun

vandyke (plural vandykes)

  1. An edge with ornamental triangular points.
  2. A style of facial hair which has both a mustache and a goatee but with all cheek hair shaven, popular in Europe in the 17th century.
    • He was still an old galliard, with white Buffalo Bill vandyke, and he swanked around, still healthy of flesh, in white suits, looking things over with big sex-amused eyes.1953 September 18, Saul Bellow, chapter V, in The Adventures of Augie March […], New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    Vandyke beard
  3. A style of dress or collar similar to those in Anthony van Dyck's portrait paintings; a small round cape, the border ornamented with points and indentations.

See all 5 meanings of vandyke

Forms of Van Dyke

pluralVan Dykes

Questions about Van Dyke

What is Van Dyke the alternative form of?
Van Dyke is the alternative form of vandyke.

Words near Van Dyke in the dictionary

  1. Van Dievoet
  2. Van Dorn battle flag
  3. Van Dorn battle flags
  4. Van Dyck
  5. Van Dycks
  6. Van Dyke
  7. Van Dykes
  8. Van Eaton
  9. Van Eatons
  10. Van Eck phreaking
  11. van Emde Boas tree

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Van Dyke (page history and authors); vandyke (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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