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sloane

/sloʊn/

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What does sloane mean?

noun

  1. (informal) Ellipsis of Sloane Ranger.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A female given name.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. A male given name.

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/sloʊn/

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A bolder and more self-possessed lad than Joe Sloane would have been overawed by her tone and the dangerous flash of her eyes.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of AvonleaProject Gutenberg ebook #47
Sir hans Sloane is dead, and has made me one of the trustees to his museum, which is to be offered for twenty thousand pounds to the king, the Parliament, …
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610
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Sir Hans Sloane mentions a lady of sixty-eight who though not having borne a child for twenty years, nursed her grandchildren one after another.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747
Sir Hans Sloane heard of it, came to see me, and invited me to his house in Bloomsbury Square, where he show'd me all his curiosities, and persuaded me to let him add that to the number, for which he paid me handsomely.
Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinProject Gutenberg ebook #148
Every path in the forest is barricaded with the strong yellow web of a species, belonging to the same division with the Epeira clavipes of Fabricius, which was formerly said by Sloane to make, in the West Indies, webs so strong as to catch birds.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944