standen

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proper noun

A surname from Old English.

“Sir Thomas More And how long that image had standen in that old tabernacle that could no man tell, but there had in all the church none as they thought standen longer untouched.”

OriginOld English stān →
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Meanings

standen1

verb
  1. obsoleteparticiplepastpast participle of stand

    Sir Thomas More And how long that image had standen in that old tabernacle that could no man tell, but there had in all the church none as they thought standen longer untouched.

Standen2

proper nounStanden (plural Standens)

plural Standens

  1. A surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishstān“stone”
  2. EnglishStanden

Habitational surname, perhaps from Old English stān (“stone”) + dene (“valley”).

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APA

standen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/standen

MLA

“standen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/standen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “standen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/standen.

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