Dan

Dan
noun /dæn/
a) Fifth son of Jacob, by his wifes handmaid Bilhah.

Dan Chaucer, well of English vndefyled, / On Fames eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.

b) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Dan.
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