Jane Definition

jān
noun
A feminine name: dim. Janet, Jenny.
Webster's New World
A girl or woman.
Webster's New World
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.vii.
Certes was but a common Courtisane, / Yet flat refusd to haue a do with mee, / Because I could not giue her many a Iane.
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Alternative spelling of jean.

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Other Word Forms of Jane

Noun

Singular:
Jane
Plural:
janes

Origin of Jane

  • From Old French Jannes (“Genoway”).

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  • Alternative forms.

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Jane Sentence Examples

  • When they arrived at Jane's unit, Dean noticed the trailer was dark.

  • A Life by her sister, Jane Margaret Strickland, appeared in 1887.

  • By the first marriage, with Jane Butler, there were four children, two of whom, Lawrence and Augustine, grew to manhood.

  • About the end of the year 1579 his wife died, leaving him one son, Archibald (who in 1627 was raised to the peerage by the title of Lord Napier), and one daughter, Jane.

  • Later in the century he was much studied by the members of the Philadelphian Society, John Pordage, Thomas Bromley, Jane Lead, and others.

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Words Starting With

JJAJAN

Words Ending With

ENEANE

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Jane

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With J4 Letter Words Ending With E