allen

noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about allen at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

1. United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964).
2. United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-).
3. A soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789).