jane

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See also: Jane, janë, and Janė

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old French Jannes (“Genoway”).

Noun

jane (plural janes)

  1. (obsolete) A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

jane (plural janes)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Jane, a woman.
  2. Alternative spelling of jean
    • 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. VII, Over-Production”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
      Ye miscellaneous, ignoble manufacturing individuals, ye have produced too much! We accuse you of making above two-hundred thousand shirts for the bare backs of mankind. Your trousers too, which you have made, of fustian, of cassimere, of Scotch-plaid, of jane, nankeen and woollen broadcloth, are they not manifold?
  3. A female client of a prostitute.
    • 2014 March 4, Justin Ling, “Opposition parties shy away from sex-work debate”, in Xtra‎:
      The Swedish system, seemingly, does not target “janes” (female clients of sex workers).

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Japanese

Romanization

jane

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃね

Pali

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Noun

jane

  1. locative singular of jana
  2. accusative plural of jana
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