han Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization
    Han dynasty.

WordNet


Han transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Sw. hägn hedge, inclosure, Dan. hegn hedge, fence. See Hedge.
Definitions
  1. To inclose for mowing; to set aside for grass. "A ground . . . hained in." Holland.
Han
Etymology
contr. inf. & plural pres. of Haven.
Definitions
  1. To have; have. Obs. Piers Plowman.
    Him thanken all, and thus they han an end. Chaucer.

Webster 1913