Dylan

American  

[dil-uhn] / ˈdɪl ən /

noun

1. Bob Robert Zimmerman, born 1941, U.S. folk-rock singer, guitarist, and composer.

2. a male given name.

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Dylan British  

/ ˈdɪlən /

noun

1. Bob. real name Robert Allen Zimmerman. born 1941, US rock singer and songwriter, also noted for his acoustic protest songs in the early 1960s. His albums include The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963), Highway 61 Revisited (1965), Blonde on Blonde (1966), John Wesley Harding (1968), Blood on the Tracks (1974), Oh Mercy (1989), Time Out of Mind (1997), and Love and Theft (2001)

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Other Word Forms

• Dylanesque adjective

Example Sentences

Given their influence, it’s perhaps no surprise, then, that Mr. Dylan has said that he “knew they were pointing the direction of where music had to go. In my head, the Beatles were it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Lead author and Movement Scientist, Dr. Dylan Hicks from Flinders' College of Education, Psychology and Social Work says the results challenge the long-held belief that all athletes should be coached toward a single technical model.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Dylan Johnson, assistant secretary of state for global public affairs, confirmed the abduction of an American journalist, without naming Kittleson.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Dylan Seward and Zion Martinez hit home runs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

“My tutor would be proud,” Dylan says with a laugh.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston