sean

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Definition of sean in English English dictionary

A male given name

They sit by the fire smoking and talking about names. Mam says she likes the names Kevin and Sean but Bridey says, Ah no, there's too many of them in Limerick. Jesus, Angela, if you stuck your head out of the door and called, Kevin or Sean, come in for your tea, you'd have half o' Limerick running to your door.

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Connery Sir Sean Sean Aloysius O'Feeney O'Casey Sean O'Faolain Sean

{i} male first name; English male name which is a form of John

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Sean Connery

{i} (born 1930 as Thomas Connery) Scottish film actor, winner of the 1987 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "The Untouchables", star of several James Bond films

Sean O'Casey

orig. John Casey born March 30, 1880, Dublin, Ire. died Sept. 18, 1964, Torquay, Devon, Eng. Irish playwright. Born to a poor Protestant family, he educated himself and worked from age 14 at manual labour. He embraced the Irish nationalist cause, changed his name to its Irish form, and became active in the labour movement and its paramilitary Irish Citizen Army. By 1915 he had turned from politics to writing realistic tragicomedies about Dublin slum dwellers in war and revolution. The Abbey Theatre produced three of his earliest and best plays The Shadow of a Gunman (1923), Juno and the Paycock (1924), and The Plough and the Stars (1926) which caused riots by Irish patriots. When his antiwar play The Silver Tassie was rejected by the Abbey, O'Casey moved to England, where it was produced in 1929. His later plays include Red Roses for Me (1946); he also published a six-volume autobiography (1939-56)

Sean O'Faolain

orig. John Francis Whelan born Feb. 22, 1900, Cork, County Cork, Ire. died April 20, 1991, Dublin Irish writer. He became involved in anti-British activities during the Irish insurrection (1918-21) and taught (1926-33). After achieving success with his first story collection, Midsummer Night Madness (1932), and the novel A Nest of Simple Folk (1933), he wrote full-time. He is known for carefully crafted, lyrical short stories about Ireland's lower and middle classes, often examining the decline of the nationalist struggle or the oppressive provincialism of Irish Catholicism. His other works include Bird Alone (1936), A Life of Daniel O'Connell (1938), and Vive moi! (1964), his autobiography

Sir Sean Connery

a Scottish film actor who is famous for appearing as James Bond, in films such as Dr No (1962), From Russia with Love (1963), and Goldfinger (1964) (1930-). orig. Thomas Connery born Aug. 25, 1930, Edinburgh, Scot. Scottish actor. He worked at odd jobs and entered bodybuilding competitions before making his London stage debut in the chorus of South Pacific (1951). After several minor roles, Connery starred as James Bond in the film version of Ian Fleming's Dr. No (1962) and went on to play secret agent 007 in six other films. A compelling character actor as well as a perennial sex symbol, he acted in films such as The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Untouchables (1987, Academy Award), and Finding Forrester (2000)

Hyphenation

Sean

Turkish pronunciation

şôn

Pronunciation

/ˈsʜôn/ /ˈʃɔːn/

Etymology

() Anglicised form of the Irish name Seán (“John”).