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Definitions for jean
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jean, blue jean, denimnoun

    (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear

  2. denim, dungaree, jeannoun

    a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric

GCIDE

  1. jeannoun

    (pl.) (j

  2. jeannoun

    (pl.) (j

Wiktionary

  1. jeannoun

    Denim.

  2. jeanadjective

    Made of denim (as "jean jacket").

  3. Jeannoun

    A female given name from Hebrew.

    There's not a bonnie flower that springs / By fountain, shaw, or green, / There's not a bonnie bird that sings / But minds me o' my Jean.

  4. Jeannoun

    A male given name from Hebrew

  5. Jeannoun

    A surname.

  6. Jeannoun

    An unincorporated community in Nevada

  7. Etymology: The female given name is from a Middle English feminine form of John (sometimes considered Scottish), from Old French Jehane. The male given name is likely from or influenced by French Jean.

Wikipedia

  1. JEAN

    JEAN was a dialect of the JOSS programming language developed for and used on ICT 1900 series computers in the late 1960s and early 1970s; it was implemented under the MINIMOP operating system. It was used at the University of Southampton.JEAN was an acronym derived from "JOSS Extended and Adapted for Nineteen-hundred". It was operated from a Teletype terminal.

ChatGPT

  1. jean

    Jean is a type of durable, heavy-duty cotton twill cloth. It is most commonly known and used in the manufacturing of a style of pants called "jeans." The fabric originated in cities in Italy and France, and was initially used for work clothes due to its durability. Now, it is widely popular in fashion all around the world.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jeannoun

    a twilled cotton cloth

  2. Etymology: [Prob. named from Genoa. See Jane.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Jean

    jān, n. a twilled cotton cloth.—n. Jeanette′, coarse jean, for lining.—Satin jean, a smooth, glossy, hard-twilled cotton goods. [Jane.]

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  2. JEAN

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. JEAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jean is ranked #1703 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Jean surname appeared 21,140 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 7 would have the surname Jean.

    70.2% or 14,857 total occurrences were Black.
    22.8% or 4,839 total occurrences were White.
    2.5% or 537 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2% or 431 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.8% or 400 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.3% or 74 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'jean' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3641

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'jean' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1401

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Anagrams for jean »

  1. jane

  2. Jane

  3. Jena

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jean in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jean in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of jean in a Sentence

  1. Mario Barnard:

    A couple of months ago I met Jean and Leah (of Gourmet Grubb) and they've got the same problem as me, where we don't like the insect as it is in its whole form, so we decided to do it in a powder form and make gourmet dishes.

  2. Oprah Winfrey:

    I'd like to do more films, but to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award means more to me than any film, any acclaim, even an Oscar, because what it says is you all get it.

  3. Margaret Court:

    I think women's tennis is a little bit boring with just hitting up and down all the time, i hope it goes back more to the artistry side of volleying. Billie Jean( King) and I were much more aggressive I think than a lot of players today.

  4. Werley Nortreus:

    Ansyen Prezidan Ayiti a Jean-Bertrand Aristide di ke Ayiti se peyi ki gen anpil moun ki viktim sou konsyans moun ki prejije. Mwen panse li di anpil verite.

  5. Mike Rawlings:

    Please continue to pray for the family of Botham Jean tonight and in the weeks and months ahead.

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