Definition of "jane" in Englisch

noun

1. (obsolete) A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century.

   • 14th c, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Rime of Sire Thopas, The Canterbury Tales, 1793, A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, Volume 1, page 124, His robe was of chekelatoun, / That coste many a jane.

noun

1. Alternative letter-case form of Jane, a woman.

2. Alternative spelling of jean.

3. A female client of a prostitute.