san — meaning in English

English meaning

• san noun Informal short form of sanatorium.

Senses

san is used for these senses in English:

• san (informal, mostly, Japanophilic slang) Honorific ending used to indicate that a person is Japanese, talking with a Japanese, or treated like a Japanese.
• san An Ancient Greek letter representing /s/ (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ), originally used in some dialects instead of sigma.

san — full definition

1. noun Informal short form of sanatorium.
2. noun Any of several indigenous foraging peoples of southwestern Africa.