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  • proper noun A male given name, anglicized form of an Irish Gaelic saint's name Deaglán.

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Examples

  • Meanwhile, my cat, Declan, is "live-meowing" the shiny motes of reflected light on the ceiling, which either bother or fascinate him.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010

  • Meanwhile, my cat, Declan, is "live-meowing" the shiny motes of reflected light on the ceiling, which either bother or fascinate him.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Meanwhile, my cat, Declan, is "live-meowing" the shiny motes of reflected light on the ceiling, which either bother or fascinate him.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010

  • Meanwhile, my cat, Declan, is "live-meowing" the shiny motes of reflected light on the ceiling, which either bother or fascinate him.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010

  • Meanwhile, my cat, Declan, is "live-meowing" the shiny motes of reflected light on the ceiling, which either bother or fascinate him.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads Jason Linkins 2010

  • Meanwhile, my cat, Declan, is "live-meowing" the shiny motes of reflected light on the ceiling, which either bother or fascinate him.

    TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • I would bet that Bateman knows Declan is Irish and just had a momentary slip.

    Indian crime and proto-crime Peter Rozovsky 2010

  • Herena and Declan, and indeed all the crew, left me strictly alone; but when Urth seemed about to touch the red sun, I called Declan to me and pointed toward the eastern shore, now brilliantly illuminated.

    The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

  • While still in Melbourne, Dent said that they had already decided on the name Declan James Phillip Dent - Declan because they like the name, and the two middle names after each of their fathers.

    Brownsville Herald : 2010

  • While still in Melbourne, Dent said that they had already decided on the name Declan James Phillip Dent - Declan because they like the name, and the two middle names after each of their fathers.

    Brownsville Herald : 2010

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