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  • proper noun A male given name.

Etymologies

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Anglicised form of the Irish name Seán ("John").

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Examples

  • DAVID GOLDMAN, SEAN GOLDMAN'S FATHER: The first step is for Sean and I to reunite, come home, be with family.

    CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2009 2009

  • PEDRO TAYLOR, SEAN TAYLOR'S FATHER: Sean is a young man that took a passion to football at a very young age.

    CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2007 2007

  • PEDRO TAYLOR, SEAN TAYLOR'S FATHER: Sean is a young man that took a passion to football at a very young age.

    CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2007 2007

  • (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) PEDRO TAYLOR, SEAN TAYLOR'S FATHER: Sean is a young man that's -- that took a passion to football at a very young age and not only that, he took a passion to be a scholar athlete.

    CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2007 2007

  • Sean: @Sean Just realized I failed to mention the most ... - posted in

    east-lake.net 2009

  • Sean: @Sean Just realized I failed to mention the most ... - posted in

    east-lake.net 2009

  • GARRELL WILDS, COUSIN OF SEAN TAYLOR: No, Sean wasn't looking for trouble.

    CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2007 2007

  • # posted by Brandon : 6:07 AM hello haters, my name is Lurch, first I will adress sean elliot, Sean did your parents have any children that lived? and to anonymous,Rob ,Brando

    Look on my Keytar, ye mighty, and despair! 2005

  • He is so good they let him play safety under the alias "Sean Parker" Bill Gates on being the top 1 percent, Fox News and taxes Bug Juice Chicken recipe: families still buggin' cooks for it Iceland: the fiscal path not taken

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • After being deprived of his job as a French tutor at University College, Swansea, and at a Catholic College in Llandeilo, he moved to Ireland to avoid arrest, and there settled with his wife and young children, assuming the name Sean Mauger.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

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