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  • 41fan — fan1 W2S2 [fæn] n [Sense: 1; Date: 1800 1900; Origin: fanatic] [Sense: 2; Date: 700 800; : Latin; Origin: vannus] 1.) someone who likes a particular sport or performing art very much, or who admires a famous person ▪ Hundreds of football fans… …

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  • 42fan — 1 noun (C) 1 someone who likes a particular sport or performing art very much, or who admires a famous person: a football fan (+ of): She s always been a big fan of Michael Jackson. | fan club (=an organization for people who support a team,… …

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  • 43fan — fan1 [ fæn ] noun count ** 1. ) someone who likes watching or listening to something such as a sport, movies, or music very much or who admires a famous or important person very much: a football/baseball/tennis etc. fan: a crowd of noisy football …

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  • 44fan — I UK [fæn] / US noun [countable] Word forms fan : singular fan plural fans ** 1) someone who likes watching or listening to something such as a sport, films, or music very much, or who admires a famous or important person very much fan of: I m a… …

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  • 45fan — fan1 fanlike, adj. fanner, n. /fan/, n., v., fanned, fanning. n. 1. any device for producing a current of air by the movement of a broad surface or a number of such surfaces. 2. an implement of feathers, leaves, paper, cloth, etc., often in the… …

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  • 46The Crabb Family — Infobox Musical artist Name = The Crabb Family Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Beaver Dam, Kentucky Genre = Christian Years active = Label = Associated acts = URL = Current members = Past members =… …

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  • 47The Fabulous Kangaroos — This team is not to be mistaken for the similarly named team The Royal Kangaroos of Jonathan Boyd and Norman Frederick Charles III Infobox Wrestling team article name= The Fabulous Kangaroos type=T caption= Heffernan (right), Berry (center) and… …

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  • 48Fire Emblem — For the Game Boy Advance game, see Fire Emblem (video game). Fire Emblem Wallpaper featuring, from left to right, the protagonists Hector, Eliwood and Lyndis from Fire Emblem, the first Fire Emblem game to be released internationally …

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  • 49The Poseidon Adventure (1972 film) — Infobox Film name = The Poseidon Adventure caption = film poster by Mort Künstler producer = Irwin Allen director = Ronald Neame Irwin Allen writer = Paul Gallico (novel) Wendell Mayes Stirling Silliphant (screenplay) starring = Gene Hackman… …

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  • 50Fire sprinkler system — A fire sprinkler system is an active fire protection measure, consisting of a water supply, providing adequate pressure and flowrate to a water distribution piping system, onto which fire sprinklers are connected. Although historically only used… …

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