Associations to the word «Shawn»

Wiktionary

SHAWN, proper noun. A male given name, popular in the US in the 1970s.
SHAWN, proper noun. A female given name, transferred from the male name.

Dictionary definition

SHAWN, noun. United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky