cann

C3A1N1N1

proper noun

A surname.

OriginOld English can →
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Meanings

cann1

nouncann (plural canns)

plural canns

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of can (“container”).

    He out his Dagger drew; / Cuts-plutter-a-nails, quoth Taffy then, / A Welchman is a Shentleman, / Come Hostess fill's the other Cann, / For Joan's Ale, &c.

    1719, Thomas d’Urfey, compiler, Songs Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive; […], volume V, London: […] W. Pearson, for J[acob] Tonson, […], published 19th century, →OCLC, page 64

Cann2

proper nounCann (countable and uncountable, plural Canns)

plural Canns

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. countableuncountableA small village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8721).

Origin

  1. Old Englishcan
  2. EnglishCann

* As an Irish surname, reduced from McCann. * As an English surname, from Cann in Dorset. The place name could be from Old English can, referring to a deep valley. * Americanized from Kann, Kahn.

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APA

cann. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cann

MLA

“cann.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cann. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cann,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cann.

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