Old English twēgen; related to Old Saxon twēne, Old High German zwēne, Old Norse tveir, Gothic twai
Twain in British English
(tweɪn)
noun
1.
Mark, pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. 1835–1910, US novelist and humorist, famous for his classics The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)
2.
Shania (ʃəˈnaɪə), real name Eilleen Regina Edwards. born 1965, Canadian country-rock singer; her bestselling recordings include The Woman In Me (1995), Come On Over (1997), and UP! (2002)
Twain in American English
(tweɪn)
Mark
see Clemens
twain in American English
(tweɪn)
adjective, noun
Archaic
two
Word origin
ME twene < OE twegen, nom. & acc. masc. form of twa, two