Finn

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Finns \Finns\, n. pl.; sing. {Finn}. (Ethnol.)
     (a) Natives of Finland; Finlanders.
     (b) A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and
         Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians,
         Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders. [Written also {Fins}.]
         [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Finn \Finn\, a.
     A native of Finland; one of the Finn? in the ethnological
     sense. See {Finns}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Finn
       n : a native or inhabitant of Finland

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  finn v. [IRC] To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of time one
     has spent on {IRC}. The term derives from the fact that IRC was
     originally written in Finland in 1987. There may be some influence from
     the `Finn' character in William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk novel "Count
     Zero", who at one point says to another (much younger) character "I have
     a pair of shoes older than you are, so shut up!"
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  finn
       
           To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of
          time one has spent on {IRC}.  The term derives from the fact
          that IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (2000-08-05)