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noun, masculine

peán

/peˈan/

noun, masculine/peˈan/plural: peanes

paean

Learned borrowing from Latin paeān, from Ancient Greek παιᾱ́ν (paiā́n, “hymn to Apollo”), from Παιᾱ́ν (Paiā́n), a Homeric god of healing, later an epithet of Apollo, from παίω (paíō, “to strike”).