Nathan

//ˈneɪθən// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A white hip-hop fan, especially one who listens to white rappers and looks down on mumble rap. derogatory, slang

    "A Nathan is a stereotype who usually listens to white rappers like Eminem,logic and NF, and hates new rap"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An Old Testament prophet who advised King David. countable, uncountable

    "And Dauids anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liueth, the man that hath done this thing, shall surely die. And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie. And Nathan said to Dauid, Thou art the man: […]"

  2. 2
    The fourth son of King David and father of Mattatha countable, uncountable

    "the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,"

  3. 3
    A male given name from Hebrew, of Biblical origin. countable, uncountable

    "I used to envy my brother his name, and recall once accusing my mother of having favored him, else why did she name me Nathan and him Philip, tell me that, ma, tell me that. He had king Philip and if day-dreaming that association wasn't pleasure enough, there was the then movie star, Phillips Holmes. All I had was Nathan Hale. Admittedly, Nathan Hale would have been fine — except among our schoolyard ditties was the couplet: Nathan Hale, / Nathan Hale, / He shit in a pail, / Shit in a pail. Being a Nathan was sometimes trying."

  4. 4
    An English surname originating as a patronymic. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    An Ashkenazi surname from Hebrew [in turn originating as a patronymic], a variant of Natan. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; named for Matthew Nathan, 13th Governor of Queensland. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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neezy

Example

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"Nathan has also noticed the resiliency of her children."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hebrew נָתָן (natán, “gave”). Also short for Jonathan.

Etymology 2

From a 2014 meme which suggested that white people should replace the word nigga in rap songs with Nathan. The present meaning of the term dates from around 2017.

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