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jean

  [jeen or, for 1, Brit. formerly jeyn]
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–noun
1. Sometimes, jeans. a sturdy twilled fabric, usually of cotton.
2. jeans, (used with a plural verb)
a. blue jeans.
b. pants of various fabrics, styled or constructed like blue jeans. Compare Levi's.
Origin:
1485–95; short for jean fustian, earlier Gene(s) fustian Genoese or Genoa fustian

Related forms:
jeaned, adjective
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Jean

  [Fr. zhahn for 1, 2; jeen for 3]
–noun
1. born 1921, Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1964–2000.
2. a male given name, form of John.
3. a female given name.
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jean   (jēn)   
n.  

  1. A heavy, strong, twilled cotton, used in making uniforms and work clothes.

  2. jeans Pants made of jean, denim, or another durable fabric.


[Short for obsolete jene (fustian), Genoan (fustian), from Middle English jene, gene, from Old French Genes, Genoa.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

Jean 
masc. proper name, from Fr. equiv. of John. Fem. proper name is from Fr. equivalent of Jane.

jean 
"twilled cotton cloth," 1436, from Fr. jean fustian "fustian (a type of twilled cotton cloth) of Genoa," the city in Italy, from O.Fr. Jannes "Genoa," from L. Genua, perhaps from janua "gate," or in ref. to the god Janus (q.v.). The plural form became standard 19c. First used 1843 in sense of "pants made from jean."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

JEAN language
A dialect of JOSS.
[Details?]
(1997-09-14)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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