Usually means: Name, often associated with males.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word allen:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. Allen: Merriam-Webster
  2. Allen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Allen: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Allen: Vocabulary.com
  5. Allen, allen: Wordnik
  6. Allen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Allen: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. allen: Dictionary.com
  9. Allen: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. Allen (Aqua Unit Patrol Squad Allen+++(Aqua+++Unit+++Patrol+++Squad+++1)), Allen (Prison Break), Allen (The Walking Dead), Allen (brand), Allen (disambiguation), Allen (given name), Allen (robot), Allen (surname), Allen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Allen: Rhymezone
  12. Allen: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  13. allen: FreeDictionary.org
  14. allen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Allen: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Allen: Wiktionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Allen: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Allen: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Allen: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Allen: Bicycle Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Allen)

noun:  An English and Scottish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Alan.
noun:  A male given name from the Celtic languages, a variant of Alan; in modern use often transferred from the surname.
noun:  A number of places in the United States:
noun:  A ghost town in Pima County, Arizona.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Allen County, Indiana.
noun:  A minor city in Lyon County, Kansas.
noun:  A minor city in Floyd County, Kentucky.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
noun:  An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Wicomico County, Maryland.
noun:  A village in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Quitman County, Mississippi.
noun:  A village in Dixon County, Nebraska.
noun:  A town in Allegany County, New York.
noun:  A town in Hughes County and Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
noun:  A census-designated place in Bennett County, South Dakota.
noun:  A city in Collin County, Texas.
noun:  A former unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Clear Creek, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
noun:  A number of townships in the United States, listed under Allen Township.
noun:  A number of rivers in England:
noun:  A river in Dorset, which joins the (Dorset) Stour at Wimborne Minster.
noun:  A river in Northumberland, which joins the South Tyne.
noun:  A river in north Cornwall, which joins the River Camel near Sladesbridge.
noun:  A minor river in south-west Cornwall, which forms the Truro River at Truro.
noun:  A village in County Kildare, Ireland.
noun:  A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
noun:  A city in Río Negro province, Argentina.
noun:  A municipality in Northern Samar, Philippines.
noun:  (colloquial) Short for Allen wrench. [(US) A hex head wrench.]

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