Alan Definition & Meaning

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Alan American [al-uhn] / ˈæl ən /

noun

1. a first name: from a Celtic word meaning “harmony.”

Example Sentences

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Alan: The answer to Celtic's current problems is staring them right in the face.

From BBC

Ball-playing defenders passing their way out from the back are nothing new - the best I ever saw were Mark Lawrenson and Alan Hansen in the great Liverpool team of the 1980s.

From BBC

If such outcomes become the norm, they would break from a culture of consensus that took root after 1994, when Chairman Alan Greenspan was caught off-guard by colleagues who wanted to raise rates faster than he did.

From The Wall Street Journal

Much attention has turned to who may replace the presenting pair, with Alan Carr and Holly Willoughby among the names being speculated upon.

From BBC

Its satiric bite may seem downright quaint in the shadow of the brazenly disruptive “South Park,” but as Alan Siegel, a senior staff writer for the Ringer, reminds us, “The Simpsons” was a revolutionary show in its own right.

From The Wall Street Journal

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