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American pacifist
William Thane Read (29 June 1912 – 23 October 1996) was an American advocate for global peace. He was a descendant of George Read, Founding Father of
Thane_Read
Organization in the United States
Cord Meyer resigned and was succeeded by Alan Cranston. That same year, Thane Read joined the UWF and would later initiate a worldwide call in 1958 and garner
Citizens_for_Global_Solutions
International committee
Constitution Coordinating Committee (WCCC) was an international committee led by Thane Read to build widespread support for the development and establishment of a
World Constitution Coordinating Committee
World_Constitution_Coordinating_Committee
1968 meeting of world delegates
Geneva, Switzerland from December 30, 1950, to January 5, 1951. In 1958, Thane Read, an independent U.S. economist, decided to consider a means to foster
World Constitutional Convention
World_Constitutional_Convention
Organization working for global democracy
Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements consisting of Philip Isely, Thane Read, Margaret Isely, and Marie Philips Scot, formulated a plan that would
World Constitution and Parliament Association
World_Constitution_and_Parliament_Association
Proposed system of global governance
the most comprehensive effort was made to draft a world constitution. Thane Read and Philip Isely drafted a form of agreement that aimed to admit delegates
World_constitution
American Founding Father and politician (1733–1798)
Saunders (1857-1940) William Saunders Read (1880-1916) - married (Jan 9, 1905) Estella C. Cook (1882-1968) William Thane Read (1912-1996) - married (Dec 23,
George Read (American politician, born 1733)
George_Read_(American_politician,_born_1733)
Ideal of freedom, peace, and happiness among and within all nations and people
the most comprehensive effort was made to draft a world constitution. Thane Read and Philip Isely drafted a form of agreement that aimed to admit delegates
World_peace
Prime Minister of India from 1997 to 1998
the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2012. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Inder_Kumar_Gujral
German theologian (1892–1984)
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Martin_Niemöller
Japanese physicist (1907–1981)
the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2026. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Hideki_Yukawa
German–British physicist (1882–1970)
Germany". Librairie Immateriel. Retrieved 10 March 2013. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Max_Born
Country in West Africa
president". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2 April 2024. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Senegal
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951
Attlee: A Life in Politics. London: I B Tauris. p. 260. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Clement_Attlee
Indian painter and sculptor (1925–2020)
Official Website". Satish Gujral. Retrieved 1 December 2016. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Satish_Gujral
President of Brazil from 1961 to 1964
começou invisível, diz sobrinho de substituto de Jango". "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Pascoal_Ranieri_Mazzilli
1st Vice President of Kenya
original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2025. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Jaramogi_Oginga_Odinga
American poet (1894–1972)
"Mark Van Doren", Faculty Profiles Columbia University. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Mark_Van_Doren
Country in Central America
the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Costa_Rica
Jamaican-British Marxist sociologist, cultural theorist, and activist (1932–2014)
1990, p. 235. Hall 1990, pp. 235–236. Hall 1990, p. 228. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Stuart Hall (cultural theorist)
Stuart_Hall_(cultural_theorist)
Mexican social realist painter (1896–1974)
"Siqueiros" (advertisement), The New York Times, August 9, 1961. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
David_Alfaro_Siqueiros
Notion of a single common political authority for all of humanity
(JANUARY-DECEMBER) 1979. WORLD UNION INTERNATIONAL, INDIA. p. 107. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
World_government
Italian poet and translator (1901–1968)
Messina Province. Retrieved 2 May 2015.[permanent dead link] "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Salvatore_Quasimodo
Indian politician and diplomat
in India. 1931. pp. 51–52. Retrieved 20 February 2018. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Diwan_Chaman_Lall
British physicist (1903–1969)
(PDF) on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2009. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
C._F._Powell
British biochemist (1918–2013)
cannot be overstated". The Conversation. 21 November 2013. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Frederick_Sanger
American Christian minister (1908–1986)
and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Dana_McLean_Greeley
City in Arkansas, United States
was the site of one of several camps holding German prisoners of war. Thane Read, global peace activist Larry D. Alexander, visual artist/writer Robert
Dermott,_Arkansas
First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
for Economic Democracy. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-933567-16-7. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Léopold_Sédar_Senghor
Indian independence movement activist (1887–1971)
of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. p. 269. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Kanaiyalal_Maneklal_Munshi
American politician (1876–1962)
Moved". The San Francisco News. Retrieved 28 April 2012. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Culbert_Olson
Japanese Christian social reformer
BND: Archivo del Escritor. Retrieved 19 October 2023. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Toyohiko_Kagawa
Brazilian architect (1907–2012)
6, 2012. Marcos Sá Corrêa. Oscar Niemeyer. Ediouro 2005 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Oscar_Niemeyer
Canadian neurosurgeon
Vu Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved 26 January 2018. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Wilder_Penfield
32nd and 36th President of Costa Rica
president of Costa Rica". Chicago Tribune. 10 June 1990. p. 8. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
José_Figueres_Ferrer
German-born French physicist (1902–1984)
Exner Medal. Austrian Trade Association. ÖGV. Austria. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Alfred_Kastler
Country in West Africa
"71 Countries Where Homosexuality is Illegal". Newsweek. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Sierra_Leone
Canadian psychiatrist (1896–1971)
the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2017. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Brock_Chisholm
American biologist (1890–1967)
doi:10.1093/genetics/iyad015. PMC 10078901. PMID 36843148. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Hermann_Joseph_Muller
English mathematician and philosopher (1872–1970)
Ethics and Politics. London: G. Allen & Unwin. p. 212. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Bertrand_Russell
British Labour Party politician
Stevenage Development Corporation 1946-1980. pp. 15–17. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin
Lewis_Silkin,_1st_Baron_Silkin
Transitional international legislative body
place in Interlaken, Switzerland, and Wolfach, Germany, in 1968. Lead by Thane Read, an independent U.S. economist and World Constitution Coordinating Committee
Provisional_World_Parliament
President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969
Dawn. Pakistan. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2022. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1971"
Ayub_Khan
Retrieved 24 April 2012. NAME OF THE GOVERNORS OF Odisha "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
B._Satya_Narayan_Reddy
French husband-and-wife protectors of Jewish refugees; Righteous Among the Nations
Revolution. Orbis Books, 2004. ISBN 1570755388 (pp. ix–xvii). "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
André_and_Magda_Trocmé
American scientist and activist (1901–1994)
Handbook of Intelligence Studies. Taylor & Francis. p. 275. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Linus_Pauling
Pakistani politician & businessman
Pakistan. 1960. "ABOUT US". Jaffar. Retrieved 16 June 2022. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Ahmed_E._H._Jaffer
British Liberal politician, economist, and social reformer (1879–1963)
BND: Archivo del Escritor. Retrieved 19 October 2023. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
William_Beveridge
American nuclear physicist (1902–1974)
Physics: A Tribute to Edward U. Condon. London: Hilger. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Edward_Condon
President of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985
for Economic Democracy. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-933567-16-7. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Julius_Nyerere
Japanese academic and peace activist (1886–1982)
Archived 2016-04-12 at the Wayback Machine 国際基督教大学、2014-03-05 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Tano_Jōdai
Polish physicist (1908–2005)
original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2016. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Joseph_Rotblat
President of Costa Rica from 1949 to 1953
Moreno Cañas. Editorial Costa Rica. ISBN 978-9977-23-169-3. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Otilio_Ulate_Blanco
Sierra Leone head of government from 1954 to 1964
for Economic Democracy. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-933567-16-7. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Milton_Margai
French Roman Catholic priest (1912–2007)
homeless dies aged 94, Financial Times, January 22, 2007 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Abbé_Pierre
Scottish soldier and cleric (1895–1991)
the Reformation. London: Skeffington & Son. pp. 127–131. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
George_MacLeod
Hungarian biochemist (1893–1986), Nobel Prize winner
Publishers Archive Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Albert_Szent-Györgyi
Indian freedom fighter and parliamentarian (1900–1995)
Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 August 2021. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
N._G._Ranga
18th Governor of the Bank of Japan
the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2014. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Hisato_Ichimada
Indian social worker (1886-1966)
Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. 1 May 1961. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Rameshwari_Nehru
President of Costa Rica from 1962 to 1966
for Economic Democracy. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-933567-16-7. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Francisco_Orlich_Bolmarcich
Russian sociologist (1889-1968)
635–646. doi:10.2307/2083571. ISSN 0003-1224. JSTOR 2083571. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Pitirim_Sorokin
Presbyterian minister from Ghana
1929-1979. Asempa Publishers. p. 141. ISBN 9789964780340. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
E._M._L._Odjidja
French scholar (1888–1973)
Nations Official Document". www.un.org. Retrieved 2016-11-02. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Henri_Laugier
Ghanaian politician (1913–1988)
and the Busia Years". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 30 April 2007. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Komla_Agbeli_Gbedemah
69th Prime Minister of France
original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2020. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Edgar_Faure
Australian engineer and inventor
IDEAS", Clare Brown, UNSW Press 2003. ISBN 0-86840-677-5 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Arthur_Ernest_Bishop
American scientist and political activist (1885–1972)
Date incompatibility (help). OCLC 189667 (all editions). "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Harlow_Shapley
French mineralogist (1896–1978)
1896–1978". Bulletin de minéralogie (in French). 102: 303–305. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Jean_Orcel
Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture
1964). Friends of the Hibakusha. Alan Swallow. p. 192. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Hiroo_Ōhara
German nuclear chemist and Nobel laureate (1879–1968)
June 2020. Hoffmann 2001, p. 248. Badash 1983, p. 178. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Otto_Hahn
and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Stanley_Slotkin
like Henry Philip Isely, Margaret Sheesley (later Margaret Isely) and Thane Read which lead to the call for a World Constitutional Convention for World
Campaign_for_World_Government
American poet (1902–1992)
August 28, 2015. Writers and Editors War Tax Protest page 2. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Kay_Boyle
French engineer, sociologist, and politician
Paris: Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 1995 Alain Lipietz "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
René_Dumont
135. Kapur 2018, pp. 140–142. Kapur 2018, pp. 143–144. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Kaoru_Ōta
American peace activist (1915–2012)
the CWG at its Chicago offices and, in 1958 alongside individuals like Thane Read, Guy Marchand, and Marie Philips Scot, they formed the "World Committee
Philip_Isely
Japanese politician
"US diplomatic cable containing the mayor's message". "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Setsuo_Yamada
Einstein's committee of atomic scientists
(PWC), which took place in 1950-51. Their collaboration paid-off when Thane Read from UWF initiated a worldwide call for the World Constitutional Convention
Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists
Emergency_Committee_of_Atomic_Scientists
American physician and physiologist
Lakeville, Connecticut and his wife Constance in 1990. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Dickinson_W._Richards
Japanese politician (1886–1961)
Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Akira_Kazami
Japanese politician (1898–1987)
General Election United States Department of State, 1946, p89 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Chiyo_Sakakibara
British biblical scholar specialising in the New Testament (1901-1988)
but received attention mostly for The Passover Plot..." "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Hugh_J._Schonfield
American educator (1896-1981)
New York Times, September 25, 1981, Section B, Page 14 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Edward_J._Sparling
United States Army general
Archives". public.special.clemson.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-20. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Hugh_B._Hester
original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Lloyd_Morain
Scottish teacher (1880–1971)
BND: Archivo del Escritor. Retrieved 19 October 2023. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
John_Boyd_Orr
Brazilian doctor and politician (1885 - 1966)
Federation of Earth. Maurício died in Rio on June 23, 1966. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Maurício_Campos_de_Medeiros
Mayor of Hiroshima in 1940s–1960s
from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2010-11-05. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Shinzo_Hamai
Japanese pastor
1960. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 46, Appendix E. Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace (1961);
Tamaki_Uemura
American journalist
Acceleration of History Alfred A. Knopf, 1972, ISBN 0-394-47312-4 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Gerard_Piel
Indian inorganic chemist and historian of chemistry
of Science: Annual Report for the Year 1943. 1943. p. 2. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Priyadaranjan_Ray
Australian virologist (1899–1985)
245–248. Sexton (1999), p. 249. Sexton (1999), p. 250. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Macfarlane_Burnet
Argentine psychiatrist and philosopher
Cambridge University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-108-99797-3. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Gregorio_Bermann
Anglican priest (1905–1982)
location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
John_Collins_(priest)
Brazilian physician (1908–1973)
palmos de terra e um caixão. S. Paulo: Brasiliense, 1965. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Josué_de_Castro
British politician (1909–1996)
International Associations". uia.org. Retrieved 30 July 2023. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Henry_Usborne
Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Retrieved 13 January 2018. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Foreign_relations_of_Pakistan
Dutch politician (1919–1992)
and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Cornelis_Berkhouwer
European-American literary scholar, essayist, and teacher (1885-1970)
Machine from the April 18, 2007, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Erich_Kahler
THANE READ
THANE READ
Boy/Male
Muslim
Praise. Eulogy.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Seán, SHANE means "God is gracious."
Male
Greek
Short form of Greek Thanatos, THAN means "death."
Female
French
Feminine form of French Gaëtan, GAËTANE means "from Caieta (Gaeta, Italy)."
Male
French
French form of Latin Stephanus, STÉPHANE means "crown."
Boy/Male
English
Follower.
Female
Greek
(θάνα) Feminine form of Greek Thanatos, THANA means "death." Compare with another form of Thana.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Thankfulness, Praise
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese unisex name THANH means "achieved, intelligent."
Girl/Female
Indian
Thankfulness, Praise
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English thin ‘thin’, ‘slender’ (Old English þynne).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : apparently a variant spelling of Thain.
Boy/Male
Hebrew American Irish
Gift from God.
Male
English
English name derived from the noble title, "thane," from Old Saxon thegan, THANE means "boy, follower, warrior."
Boy/Male
Irish
From the little ford.
Boy/Male
English Scottish
Follower.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, Scottish
Knight's Attendant; Attendant Warrior; Land Holder; Follower; Noble Title
Girl/Female
English
Abbreviation of Tatiana.
Boy/Male
Irish
Irish form of John meaning “â€God’s gracious gift.â€â€ Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century.
Boy/Male
African French
Plant.
THANE READ
THANE READ
Boy/Male
Arabic, French, Hindu, Indian, Muslim, Tamil
Strong
Girl/Female
Muslim
Ear ring
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Copperthwaite in North Yorkshire, which is named with Middle English coupere ‘maker of wooden buckets and tubs’ + thweit ‘clearing’ (from Old Norse þveit).
Girl/Female
Hindu
Granter of auspicious things, Goddess Laxmi
Girl/Female
Hindu
Beloved, Loving, Well loved
Girl/Female
Hindu
Girl/Female
Biblical
Wool, pith.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Shruthika | à®·à¯à®°à¯à®¤à®¿à®•ா
Goddess Parvati, It is another name of Goddess Sharada, As Shrut Devi
Girl/Female
Sikh
The 17th Nakshathra, A bright star
Boy/Male
Japanese
Good fortune.
THANE READ
THANE READ
THANE READ
THANE READ
THANE READ
imp. & p. p.
of Thank
pl.
of Thank
n.
See Fane.
n.
To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically for blame.
n.
The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.
n.
The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.
n.
A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural.
pron. & a.
A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.
n.
The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.
conj.
Than.
n.
A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol, aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl.
v. t.
To thank.
adv. & conj.
Than.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Thank
conj.
A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that you should want.
adv.
Then. See Then.
n.
A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.
adv.
Rather than.
n.
Same as Theave.
n.
Thane. See Thane.