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pean

[ pee-uhn ]

noun

  1. a variant of paean.


pean

1

/ piːn /

noun

  1. heraldry a fur of sable spotted with or
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

pean

2

/ ˈpiːən /

noun

  1. a less common US spelling of paean
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pean1

C16: of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences

But the possibility that Britain could leave is already stirring dread in Brussels, especially because public disgust with Euro­pean governance is also rising in France and even Germany.

Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World The vocal by the king of jazz lent a grandfatherly wisdom to this pean to nature’s purity.

That’s because hundreds of Santa look-alikes were in the Euro­pean country for the 55th annual World Santa Claus Congress.

It is not a pean of victory we sing but a requiem.

He sang peans of victory over the downfall at Yorktown; he exalted the fame of Washington; he called down maledictions on the ship that bore the "worthless Arnold" from American shores.

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