Meaning & use

stan

noun·Everyday

An extremely devoted and enthusiastic fan of a celebrity, band, or franchise.

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Online stans flooded social media with fan art after the singer's album dropped.

He's such a stan for that basketball team that he never misses a game.

A note on using this word

Stan is internet slang and works informally as both a noun for the fan and a verb meaning to support enthusiastically.

Words with a similar meaning

fanaticsuperfan

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