Mary Jane Definition

noun
Webster's New World
A shoe for girls or women having a broad, rounded toe and a strap that crosses the top of the foot and fastens at the side.
American Heritage
pronoun
A female given name.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Mary Jane

Noun

Singular:
Mary Jane
Plural:
Mary Janes

Origin of Mary Jane

  • Originally a trademark, after Mary Jane a character in the comic strip Buster Brown by Richard Felton Outcault (1863–1928), American cartoonist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Literal translation of Spanish María Juana, from María (“Mary") + Juana (“Jane")

    From Wiktionary

  • Genericized trademark, from the etymology above.

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of marijuana

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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