Definition of "fan" []

• A device for creating a current of air or a breeze, especially: (noun)
• A machine using an electric motor to rotate thin, rigid vanes in order to move air, as for cooling. (noun)
• A collapsible, usually wedge-shaped device made of a light material such as silk, paper, or plastic. (noun)
• A machine for winnowing. (noun)
• Something resembling an open fan in shape: a peacock's fan. (noun)

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• "I haven't seen it yet, and don't intend to, because altho' I was a - fan is too strong a word, I was a *fan* of Battle of the Planets and Starblazers and Voltron, but I watched and liked the series when it was running tho' I thought it rather simplistic and corny by comparison to the other shows I mention - I have heard so much that sounds depressing and Othering about it as a liberal woman, that I don't really need to spend any of my scanty budget on seeing CGI and explosions."
• ""The whole word fan is short for fanatic," said Edward Hirt, professor of social psychology at Indiana University."