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Dane

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Dane  (dn)
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Denmark.
2. A person of Danish ancestry.

[Middle English Dan, from Old Norse Danr.]

Dane [deɪn]
n
1. (Social Science / Peoples) a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Denmark
2. (Social Science / Peoples) any of the Vikings who invaded England from the late 8th to the 11th century a.d
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Dane - a native or inhabitant of Denmark
Danmark, Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark - a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe; consists of the mainland of Jutland and many islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
European - a native or inhabitant of Europe
Zealander - a native or inhabitant of Zealand
Translations
Dane [deɪn] Ndanés/esa m/f

Dane [ˈdeɪn] nDanois(e) m/f

Dane
nDäne m, → Dänin f

Dane [deɪn] ndanese m/f
Dane [deɪn] ndanese m/f

Dane دانمركى Dán dansker Däne Δανός danés tanskalainen Danois Danac danese デンマーク人 덴마크 사람 Deen danske Duńczyk dinamarquês датчанин dansk ชาวเดนมาร์ก Danimarkalı người Đan Mạch 丹麦人


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Search me and my dwelling; you will find nothing but three pound five of my own savings, which William Dane knows I have had these six months.
The hero was a young Dane, who was going up among the fiords to seek his fortune in the northern fisheries; and by a process inevitable in youth I became identified with him, so that I adventured, and enjoyed, and suffered in his person throughout.
Not that I know much of ancient Danes, though I knew a modern Dane who did me out of ten pounds; but I remember once seeing a picture of some of those gentry, who, I take it, were a kind of white Zulus.
 
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