jean
Sometimes jeans . a sturdy twilled fabric, usually of cotton.
jeans, (used with a plural verb)
pants of various fabrics, styled or constructed like blue jeans.: Compare Levi's.
Origin of jean
1Other words from jean
- jeaned, adjective
Words that may be confused with jean
- genes, jeans
Words Nearby jean
Other definitions for Jean (2 of 2)
1921–2019, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1964–2000.
a male given name, form of John.
a female given name.
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How to use jean in a sentence
The father, jean Paul Kruse, was later charged with rape and sexual abuse.
I had a chance to work with jean-François Richet, who directed Mesrine.
Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange | Marlow Stern | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMajor General jean Kahwaji of the Lebanese armed forces recently declared an “open-ended war” with the militants.
A Sunni-Shia Love Story Imperiled by al Qaeda | Ruth Michaelson | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are also essays on jean Rys, Sylvia Plath, the Brontës, and Henry Roth.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination | Mindy Farabee | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTjean-Claude Bensoussan got into the prison wedding business 12 years ago.
Aristide washed and powdered jean himself, the landlord lounging by, pipe in mouth, administering suggestions.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeLast night I saw jean Baptiste lying prone upon the floor, and knew that she had beaten him down to it, and he had not resisted.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxHe had not estimated that if jean Baptiste sought his wife secretly, it must have been because he wished to avoid him.
The Homesteader | Oscar Micheauxjean grinned and dribbled self-consciously, and showed his two little teeth to the proudest father in the world.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThe night passed amid various excursions on the part of Aristide and alarms on the part of jean.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for jean (1 of 2)
/ (dʒiːn) /
a tough twill-weave cotton fabric used for hard-wearing trousers, overalls, etc: See also jeans
Origin of jean
1British Dictionary definitions for Jean (2 of 2)
/ (French ʒɑ̃) /
born 1921, full name Jean Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano, grand duke of Luxembourg (1964–2000)
Michaelle. born 1957, in Haiti. Canadian stateswoman and broadcaster; governor-general from 2005
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