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American pacifist
William Thane Read (29 June 1912 – 23 October 1996) was an American advocate for global peace. He was a descendant of George Read, Founding Father of
Thane_Read
Organization in the United States
Cord Meyer resigned and was succeeded by Alan Cranston. That same year, Thane Read joined the UWF and would later initiate a worldwide call in 1958 and garner
Citizens_for_Global_Solutions
1968 meeting of world delegates
Geneva, Switzerland from December 30, 1950, to January 5, 1951. In 1958, Thane Read, an independent U.S. economist, decided to consider a means to foster
World Constitutional Convention
World_Constitutional_Convention
International committee
Constitution Coordinating Committee (WCCC) was an international committee led by Thane Read to build widespread support for the development and establishment of a
World Constitution Coordinating Committee
World_Constitution_Coordinating_Committee
Organization working for global democracy
Convention Executive Committee on Arrangements consisting of Philip Isely, Thane Read, Margaret Isely, and Marie Philips Scot, formulated a plan that would
World Constitution and Parliament Association
World_Constitution_and_Parliament_Association
American Founding Father and politician (1733–1798)
Saunders (1857-1940) William Saunders Read (1880-1916) - married (Jan 9, 1905) Estella C. Cook (1882-1968) William Thane Read (1912-1996) - married (Dec 23,
George Read (American politician, born 1733)
George_Read_(American_politician,_born_1733)
Proposed system of global governance
the most comprehensive effort was made to draft a world constitution. Thane Read and Philip Isely drafted a form of agreement that aimed to admit delegates
World_constitution
Country in West Africa
president". The Guardian. Agence France-Presse. 2 April 2024. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Senegal
Ideal of freedom, peace, and happiness among and within all nations and people
the most comprehensive effort was made to draft a world constitution. Thane Read and Philip Isely drafted a form of agreement that aimed to admit delegates
World_peace
German–British physicist (1882–1970)
Germany". Librairie Immateriel. Retrieved 10 March 2013. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Max_Born
Indian politician and diplomat
in India. 1931. pp. 51–52. Retrieved 20 February 2018. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Diwan_Chaman_Lall
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951
Attlee: A Life in Politics. London: I B Tauris. p. 260. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Clement_Attlee
Prime Minister of India from 1997 to 1998
the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2012. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Inder_Kumar_Gujral
German theologian (1892–1984)
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Martin_Niemöller
City in Arkansas, United States
was the site of one of several camps holding German prisoners of war. Thane Read, global peace activist Larry D. Alexander, visual artist/writer Robert
Dermott,_Arkansas
President of Brazil from 1961 to 1964
começou invisível, diz sobrinho de substituto de Jango". "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Pascoal_Ranieri_Mazzilli
1st Vice President of Kenya
original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2025. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Jaramogi_Oginga_Odinga
Country in Central America
the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2019. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Costa_Rica
Country in West Africa
"71 Countries Where Homosexuality is Illegal". Newsweek. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Sierra_Leone
American poet (1894–1972)
"Mark Van Doren", Faculty Profiles Columbia University. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Mark_Van_Doren
Jamaican-British Marxist sociologist, cultural theorist, and activist (1932–2014)
1990, p. 235. Hall 1990, pp. 235–236. Hall 1990, p. 228. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Stuart Hall (cultural theorist)
Stuart_Hall_(cultural_theorist)
Indian painter and sculptor (1925–2020)
Official Website". Satish Gujral. Retrieved 1 December 2016. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Satish_Gujral
Mexican social realist painter (1896–1974)
"Siqueiros" (advertisement), The New York Times, August 9, 1961. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
David_Alfaro_Siqueiros
Notion of a single common political authority for all of humanity
(JANUARY-DECEMBER) 1979. WORLD UNION INTERNATIONAL, INDIA. p. 107. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
World_government
Brazilian architect (1907–2012)
6, 2012. Marcos Sá Corrêa. Oscar Niemeyer. Ediouro 2005 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Oscar_Niemeyer
32nd and 36th President of Costa Rica
president of Costa Rica". Chicago Tribune. 10 June 1990. p. 8. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
José_Figueres_Ferrer
English philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
Ethics and Politics. London: G. Allen & Unwin. p. 212. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Bertrand_Russell
Italian poet and translator (1901–1968)
Messina Province. Retrieved 2 May 2015.[permanent dead link] "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Salvatore_Quasimodo
Japanese physicist (1907–1981)
the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2026. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Hideki_Yukawa
British biochemist (1918–2013)
cannot be overstated". The Conversation. 21 November 2013. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Frederick_Sanger
President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969
Dawn. Pakistan. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2022. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1971"
Ayub_Khan
French husband-and-wife protectors of Jewish refugees; Righteous Among the Nations
Revolution. Orbis Books, 2004. ISBN 1570755388 (pp. ix–xvii). "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
André_and_Magda_Trocmé
Canadian neurosurgeon
Vu Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved 26 January 2018. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Wilder_Penfield
First president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
for Economic Democracy. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-933567-16-7. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Léopold_Sédar_Senghor
Indian independence movement activist (1887–1971)
of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. p. 269. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Kanaiyalal_Maneklal_Munshi
Transitional international legislative body
place in Interlaken, Switzerland, and Wolfach, Germany, in 1968. Lead by Thane Read, an independent U.S. economist and World Constitution Coordinating Committee
Provisional_World_Parliament
Canadian psychiatrist (1896–1971)
the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2017. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Brock_Chisholm
American biologist (1890–1967)
doi:10.1093/genetics/iyad015. PMC 10078901. PMID 36843148. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Hermann_Joseph_Muller
British Liberal politician, economist, and social reformer (1879–1963)
BND: Archivo del Escritor. Retrieved 19 October 2023. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
William_Beveridge
German-born French physicist (1902–1984)
Exner Medal. Austrian Trade Association. ÖGV. Austria. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Alfred_Kastler
Pakistani politician & businessman
Pakistan. 1960. "ABOUT US". Jaffar. Retrieved 16 June 2022. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Ahmed_E._H._Jaffer
French Roman Catholic priest (1912–2007)
homeless dies aged 94, Financial Times, January 22, 2007 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Abbé_Pierre
and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Stanley_Slotkin
American politician (1876–1962)
Moved". The San Francisco News. Retrieved 28 April 2012. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Culbert_Olson
Japanese Christian social reformer
BND: Archivo del Escritor. Retrieved 19 October 2023. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Toyohiko_Kagawa
Sierra Leone head of government from 1954 to 1964
for Economic Democracy. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-933567-16-7. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Milton_Margai
Indian social worker (1886-1966)
Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. 1 May 1961. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Rameshwari_Nehru
Indian freedom fighter and parliamentarian (1900–1995)
Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 August 2021. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
N._G._Ranga
Russian sociologist (1889-1968)
635–646. doi:10.2307/2083571. ISSN 0003-1224. JSTOR 2083571. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Pitirim_Sorokin
British physicist (1903–1969)
(PDF) on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2009. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
C._F._Powell
Hungarian biochemist (1893–1986), Nobel Prize winner
Publishers Archive Archived 2013-06-19 at the Wayback Machine "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Albert_Szent-Györgyi
American scientist and activist (1901–1994)
Handbook of Intelligence Studies. Taylor & Francis. p. 275. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Linus_Pauling
British Labour Party politician
Stevenage Development Corporation 1946-1980. pp. 15–17. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin
Lewis_Silkin,_1st_Baron_Silkin
American Christian minister (1908–1986)
and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Dana_McLean_Greeley
German nuclear chemist and Nobel laureate (1879–1968)
June 2020. Hoffmann 2001, p. 248. Badash 1983, p. 178. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Otto_Hahn
President of Tanzania from 1964 to 1985
for Economic Democracy. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-933567-16-7. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Julius_Nyerere
18th Governor of the Bank of Japan
the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2014. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Hisato_Ichimada
Polish physicist (1908–2005)
original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2016. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Joseph_Rotblat
Japanese academic and peace activist (1886–1982)
Archived 2016-04-12 at the Wayback Machine 国際基督教大学、2014-03-05 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Tano_Jōdai
American nuclear physicist (1902–1974)
Physics: A Tribute to Edward U. Condon. London: Hilger. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Edward_Condon
French mineralogist (1896–1978)
1896–1978". Bulletin de minéralogie (in French). 102: 303–305. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Jean_Orcel
Ghanaian politician (1913–1988)
and the Busia Years". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 30 April 2007. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Komla_Agbeli_Gbedemah
American scientist and political activist (1885–1972)
Date incompatibility (help). OCLC 189667 (all editions). "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Harlow_Shapley
Scottish teacher (1880–1971)
BND: Archivo del Escritor. Retrieved 19 October 2023. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
John_Boyd_Orr
President of Costa Rica from 1949 to 1953
Moreno Cañas. Editorial Costa Rica. ISBN 978-9977-23-169-3. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Otilio_Ulate_Blanco
like Henry Philip Isely, Margaret Sheesley (later Margaret Isely) and Thane Read which lead to the call for a World Constitutional Convention for World
Campaign_for_World_Government
Brazilian physician (1908–1973)
palmos de terra e um caixão. S. Paulo: Brasiliense, 1965. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Josué_de_Castro
French scholar (1888–1973)
Nations Official Document". www.un.org. Retrieved 2016-11-02. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Henri_Laugier
Presbyterian minister from Ghana
1929-1979. Asempa Publishers. p. 141. ISBN 9789964780340. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
E._M._L._Odjidja
French engineer, sociologist, and politician
Paris: Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, 1995 Alain Lipietz "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
René_Dumont
Anglican priest (1905–1982)
location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
John_Collins_(priest)
President of Costa Rica from 1962 to 1966
for Economic Democracy. p. 50. ISBN 978-1-933567-16-7. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Francisco_Orlich_Bolmarcich
Australian engineer and inventor
IDEAS", Clare Brown, UNSW Press 2003. ISBN 0-86840-677-5 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Arthur_Ernest_Bishop
American poet (1902–1992)
August 28, 2015. Writers and Editors War Tax Protest page 2. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Kay_Boyle
135. Kapur 2018, pp. 140–142. Kapur 2018, pp. 143–144. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Kaoru_Ōta
Retrieved 24 April 2012. NAME OF THE GOVERNORS OF Odisha "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
B._Satya_Narayan_Reddy
Japanese politician
"US diplomatic cable containing the mayor's message". "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Setsuo_Yamada
American physician and physiologist
Lakeville, Connecticut and his wife Constance in 1990. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Dickinson_W._Richards
American peace activist (1915–2012)
the CWG at its Chicago offices and, in 1958 alongside individuals like Thane Read, Guy Marchand, and Marie Philips Scot, they formed the "World Committee
Philip_Isely
British biblical scholar specialising in the New Testament (1901-1988)
but received attention mostly for The Passover Plot..." "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Hugh_J._Schonfield
Scottish soldier and cleric (1895–1991)
the Reformation. London: Skeffington & Son. pp. 127–131. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
George_MacLeod
Australian virologist (1899–1985)
245–248. Sexton (1999), p. 249. Sexton (1999), p. 250. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Macfarlane_Burnet
European-American literary scholar, essayist, and teacher (1885-1970)
Machine from the April 18, 2007, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Erich_Kahler
69th Prime Minister of France
original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2020. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Edgar_Faure
Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture
1964). Friends of the Hibakusha. Alan Swallow. p. 192. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Hiroo_Ōhara
United States Army general
Archives". public.special.clemson.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-20. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Hugh_B._Hester
Columbian-born Indian theosophist and writer (1901–1986)
Books". Raja Yoga Books. 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Sophia_Wadia
American educator (1896-1981)
New York Times, September 25, 1981, Section B, Page 14 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Edward_J._Sparling
Japanese politician (1886–1961)
Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2007. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Akira_Kazami
Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Retrieved 13 January 2018. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Foreign_relations_of_Pakistan
American novelist
Thane Rosenbaum (born 1960) is an American novelist and essayist. He is the director of the Forum on Life, Culture, & Society, hosted by Touro College
Thane_Rosenbaum
British politician (1909–1996)
International Associations". uia.org. Retrieved 30 July 2023. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Henry_Usborne
Japanese politician (1898–1987)
General Election United States Department of State, 1946, p89 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Chiyo_Sakakibara
Brazilian doctor and politician (1885 - 1966)
Federation of Earth. Maurício died in Rio on June 23, 1966. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Maurício_Campos_de_Medeiros
Medical researcher
Routledge. p. 1093. ISBN 9781135963439 – via Google Books. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace". American
Edris_Rice-Wray_Carson
French politician
Archived 2020-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, womenalliance.org "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Irène_de_Lipkowski
Anglican priest and activist
Eyre". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2018. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Michael_Scott_(priest)
American journalist
Acceleration of History Alfred A. Knopf, 1972, ISBN 0-394-47312-4 "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Gerard_Piel
Dutch politician (1919–1992)
and adopt the Constitution for the Federation of Earth. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Cornelis_Berkhouwer
Mayor of Hiroshima in 1940s–1960s
from the original on 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2010-11-05. "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961"
Shinzo_Hamai
THANE READ
THANE READ
Male
English
English name derived from the noble title, "thane," from Old Saxon thegan, THANE means "boy, follower, warrior."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Middle English thin ‘thin’, ‘slender’ (Old English þynne).
Boy/Male
English Scottish
Follower.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Praise. Eulogy.
Female
French
Feminine form of French Gaëtan, GAËTANE means "from Caieta (Gaeta, Italy)."
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, Scottish
Knight's Attendant; Attendant Warrior; Land Holder; Follower; Noble Title
Boy/Male
Irish
Irish form of John meaning “â€God’s gracious gift.â€â€ Shane is a very popular variant of the name in Northern Ireland in memory of Shane O’Neill whose forces won notable victories over the armies of Queen Elizabeth 1st in the sixteenth century.
Male
Greek
Short form of Greek Thanatos, THAN means "death."
Girl/Female
Muslim
Thankfulness, Praise
Boy/Male
Irish
From the little ford.
Boy/Male
Hebrew American Irish
Gift from God.
Female
Vietnamese
Vietnamese unisex name THANH means "achieved, intelligent."
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Seán, SHANE means "God is gracious."
Girl/Female
Indian
Thankfulness, Praise
Female
Greek
(θάνα) Feminine form of Greek Thanatos, THANA means "death." Compare with another form of Thana.
Boy/Male
African French
Plant.
Boy/Male
English
Follower.
Male
French
French form of Latin Stephanus, STÉPHANE means "crown."
Girl/Female
English
Abbreviation of Tatiana.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : apparently a variant spelling of Thain.
THANE READ
THANE READ
Biblical
poison; tricks
Boy/Male
Muslim
Time. Age. Destiny.
Girl/Female
Indian, Marathi
Line
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Supreme; Powerful
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place called Heblethwaite in Cumbria, named with Old English hēope ‘rosehip’ or hēopa ‘bramble’ + Old Norse þveit ‘clearing’.
Boy/Male
Spanish American
from the water'.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Rajasthani, Sanskrit
Wealth; Prosperity; Fortune
Boy/Male
Hindu
Not any affection, Jealousy to other
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Path to Heven
Female
Norse
Old Norse name composed of the name of the fertility god Ing and the word fri�r "beautiful," hence "Ing-beautiful."
THANE READ
THANE READ
THANE READ
THANE READ
THANE READ
n.
Same as Theave.
n.
A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural.
conj.
A particle expressing comparison, used after certain adjectives and adverbs which express comparison or diversity, as more, better, other, otherwise, and the like. It is usually followed by the object compared in the nominative case. Sometimes, however, the object compared is placed in the objective case, and than is then considered by some grammarians as a preposition. Sometimes the object is expressed in a sentence, usually introduced by that; as, I would rather suffer than that you should want.
n.
See Fane.
n.
The property or jurisdiction of a thane; thanage.
n.
The state or dignity of a thane; thanehood; also, the seignioralty of a thane.
n.
To express gratitude to (anyone) for a favor; to make acknowledgments to (anyone) for kindness bestowed; -- used also ironically for blame.
adv.
Then. See Then.
n.
Thane. See Thane.
adv.
Rather than.
imp. & p. p.
of Thank
pl.
of Thank
n.
A dignitary under the Anglo-Saxons and Danes in England. Of these there were two orders, the king's thanes, who attended the kings in their courts and held lands immediately of them, and the ordinary thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction within their limits. After the Conquest, this title was disused, and baron took its place.
conj.
Than.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Thank
n.
A gaseous hydrocarbon, C2H6, forming a constituent of ordinary illuminating gas. It is the second member of the paraffin series, and its most important derivatives are common alcohol, aldehyde, ether, and acetic acid. Called also dimethyl.
v. t.
To thank.
pron. & a.
A form of the possessive case of the pronoun thou, now superseded in common discourse by your, the possessive of you, but maintaining a place in solemn discourse, in poetry, and in the usual language of the Friends, or Quakers.
adv. & conj.
Than.
n.
The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively.