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Stanislaw vs Stan - What's the difference?

stanislaw | stan |

Stanislaw is likely misspelled.


Stanislaw has no English definition.

As a noun stan is

an extremely loyal and obsessed fan, particularly one whose fixation with a celebrity is unhealthy or intrusive.

As a proper noun Stan is

short form of the male given name Stanley. (Sometimes also adopted by immigrants named Stanislaw, Stanislas, or Stanislav).

stanislaw

Not English

Stanislaw has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'stanislaw':

stanchion, stinkhorn

stan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An extremely loyal and obsessed fan, particularly one whose fixation with a celebrity is unhealthy or intrusive.
  • * 2011 , Vanessa Spates, " Whether in Britney's Army or Rihanna's Navy, stans need to surrender to sanity", The Lantern (Ohio State University), Volume 132, Number 16, 11 October 2011, page 9A:
    • I know the in-depth detailed life of a stan because I am one. I'm one of those Lady Gaga fans,
  • * 2013 , " Selena Gomez: She Is My Queen", Sunday Tribune (South Africa), 17 March 2013:
    • I am the biggest stan for Selena because she is my queen. She made Disney interesting and I have always watched her.
  • * 2013 , Jake Folsom, " Stans take dedication to extreme heights online, in real life", Washington Square News , Volume 41, Number 104, 5 December 2013, page 11:
    • Incidents have occurred with stans showing up to pop stars' residences, as has happened with Madonna, Taylor Swift and others.

    Hypernyms

    * megafan, superfan, trufan, uberfan ----