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▪ I. † nan1 Obs. exc. arch.
[f. the female name Nan, familiar form of Ann(e.]
A serving-maid.
c1700Street Robberies Consider'd, Nan, a maid of the house. 1725New Cant. Dict., Nan, a Maid-servant. 1922Joyce Ulysses 46 Lambert Simnel, with a tail of nans and sutlers, a scullion crowned.
▪ II. nan2 colloq.|næn|
[Prob. formed on granny, or a shortening of nana1, nanna, nanny n.1]
A grandmother; occas., a children's nurse.
1940N. Marsh Surfeit of Lampreys (1941) iii. 43 Nanny's hands..made a quick involuntary movement. ‘You'll be all right, Nan,’ added Henry. 1954― Spinsters in Jeopardy viii. 150 The new Nanny... I didn't think I had to have a Nan over here. 1955E. Blishen Roaring Boys iii. 123 ‘Been to see my nan,’ he growled. 1968L. Berg Risinghill 45 Perhaps it is Nan's importance in Islington..that gives warmth and security to grandchildren. 1969Guardian 15 Sept. 7/3 Her Mum and her Nan aren't a lot of help. 1975New Society 18 Sept. 631/1 Jackie gets {pstlg}1 a week off her grandmother, who owns a pub: ‘My nan's got tons of money.’ 1975Country Life 13 Nov. 1277/2 I had a great, great grandmother who was a witch... Old Nan would remove the spell from a churn.
▪ III. ‖ nan3|nɑːn|
Also naan.
[Hindi.]
In Indian and Pakistani cooking, a type of leavened bread.
1967Guardian 8 Dec. 8/4 North Indian or Pakistani [cooking] which depends on the clay oven called a tandoor, into which kebabs..and the special bread called nan are lowered and rapidly cooked. 1971Carry Singapore in your Pocket (Singapore Tourist Promotion Board) (ed. 3) 31 One first-class Kashmiri restaurant..serves..a wide variety of naan and pilau prepared in Kashmiri style. 1972‘E. Peters’ Death to Landlords! iv. 76 The dough⁓cake type of bread called nan. 1973Times 19 June (Bombay Suppl.) p. xv/3 Nan, a leavened bread dotted with poppy seed. 1973Sat. Rev. World (U.S.) 18 Dec. 48/2 Naan, bread baked in a special oven by an Indian baker. 1974R. Howe in Moraes & Howe J. K. Galbraith introduces India 189 It [sc. chicken] is eaten with the fingers accompanied by slabs of nan roti, a type of bread also made in the tandur.
▪ IV. nan
aphetic form of anan int.
1748Foote Knights i. Wks. 1799 I. 67 Nan? what do you say? Ibid., Nan? what? 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss. 1836Cooper Sussex Gloss. 1875G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk. s.v., Nan is very seldom used now; only a few of the aged folk seem to retain it.
▪ V. nan
obs. f. none; obs. f. nain Sc. |