Wayne

American

[weyn] / weɪn /

noun

Anthony Mad Anthony, 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general.
John Marion Michael MorrisonDuke, 1907–79, U.S. film actor.
a township in N New Jersey.
a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “wagonmaker.”

Wayne British

/ weɪn /

noun

John, real name Marion Michael Morrison. 1907–79, US film actor, noted esp for his many Westerns, which include Stagecoach (1939), The Alamo (1960), and True Grit (1969), for which he won an Oscar

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Many good people from the hamlet of Hydesville and its wider town of Arcadia in Wayne County couldn’t wait to talk.

From Literature

Cotality continues to experience transaction delays from the recording office in Wayne County, the most populous county in the Detroit metro area, the report said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Encouraged by his brother David, Robert Carradine auditioned for 1972's The Cowboys, a John Wayne film that became his first screen role.

From BBC

Before John Wayne and Gary Cooper, there were the noble vaqueros of Mexico, myth-makers in their own right.

From Los Angeles Times

In some ways, Wayne Birkett considers himself "privileged", having had no memory of what happened to him on the day of the attacks.

From BBC

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