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▪ I. duan|ˈduːən|
[Gael. duan poem, canto, song. First used in Eng. in Macpherson's Ossian, 1765.]
A poem or song; a canto of an epic or long poem.
1765J. Macpherson Ossian II. 237 Cath-loda, Duan 1. (Note. The bards distinguished those compositions in which the narration is often interrupted by episodes and apostrophes, by the name of Duän). 1785Burns Vision, Duan First. 1805W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. III. 281 His Diarmod and his Guare may stalk on the stage, or declaim in duans. 1821Byron Juan iv. cxvii, Till what is call'd, in Ossian, the fifth Duan. 1893H. Walker 3 Cent. Scot. Lit. II. 124 One epic poem of six duans or cantos, and another of eight.
▪ II. duan
obs. var. dewan, divan: so duˈanee = dewani; duˈanage, dewanship.
1669Lond. Gaz. No. 415/1 Carrying a Letter to the Duan. 1766Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 29/1 The Duanage became annexed to the Nabobship. 1818Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. i. 18 Appointed duan (or controller of the revenues) of Bengal. Ibid. v. 213 The duanee, or collection, receipt and disbursement of the revenue. |