Dan

n. [O. Fr. dan, dans, duns, dant, dame, master, Pr. & Sp. don, Pg. dom, It. donno, from Lat. dominus. See DAME.] A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir, formerly, but not now in use, except sportively.

Old Dan Geoffry, in whose gentle spright The pure well-head of poetry did dwell. Spenser.

What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land. Thomson.