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Meaning of Sean | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ʃɔːn

Definitions

  1. Dated form of seine.
    alt-of, dated
  2. A male given name from Irish.

Equivalents

العربية شون
Català Joan
Ελληνικά Γιάννης Σον
Español Juan
Français Seán
Русский Шон

Examples

“They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called, Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running to your door.”
“In some ways, it’s a pragmatic practice: Fox anchors such as Sean Hannity and, at one point, Tucker Carlson routinely attack Milley – and during the Trump years, there was also a reasonable expectation that the president would be talking to the hosts of those shows.”
“Jay-Z is doubling down on his denial that he ever raped a teenage girl alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs, saying that newly revealed inconsistencies in her story prove that her account is not credible.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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