Finn

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[ fin ]

noun

1. Irish Legend. a leader of the Fenian warriors and the father of Ossian: the subject of many legends.

Finn

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[ fin ]

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Finland.
2. any native speaker of Finnish.
3. a native speaker of any Finnic language.

Finn.

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or Finn

abbreviation for

1. Finnish.

Finn

¹

/ ˈfɪn /

noun

1. FinnNeil1958MNew Zealand Neil ( Mullane ). born 1958, New Zealand singer and songwriter; lead singer with the group Crowded House (from 1985) with whom he recorded the albums Crowded House (1986), Woodface (1991), and Time on Earth (2007). Solo albums include Try Whistling This (1998)

Finn

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/ fɪn /

noun

1. known as Finn MacCool . (in Irish legend) chief of the Fianna, father of the heroic poet Ossian

Finn

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/ fɪn /

noun

1. a native, inhabitant, or citizen of Finland
2. a speaker of a Finnic language, esp one of the original inhabitants of Russia, who were pushed northwards during the Slav migrations
3. a type of dinghy, designed to be sailed by one person

Word History and Origins

Origin of Finn¹

Old English Finnas (plural); related to Old Norse Finnr Finn, Latin Fennī the Finns, Greek Phinnoi

Example Sentences

Finns are asked how they would cope without power for days on end with winter temperatures as low as -20C.

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After about 60 minutes, when Finn Russell's penalty reduced the gap to four points, the former Scotland captain Rory Lawson said South Africa had been "rattled".

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Scotland, who were forced to play catch-up for most of the day, garnered all of their points from the boot of Finn Russell.

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That was fighting talk from a team who have had tough times against the Finns.

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Prof Adam Finn is one of the UK’s leading experts on vaccines, and throughout the pandemic was a member of the JCVI, the body which advises the government on immunisation.

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