noun
Meaning 1
plural of tan
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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tans
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rhymes with -ænz
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CMU ARPABET: T AE1 N Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The Black and Tans, a British irregular army group operating against Irish republicans in the War of Independence 1920/21.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only
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verb
Meaning 3
third-person singular simple present indicative of tan
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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Etymology
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