Ken appeared on the English horizon in the 16th century referring to the distance bounding the range of ordinary vision at sea (about 20 miles), and would thus have been familiar to skippers …

Ken definition: knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception.. See examples of KEN used in a sentence.

1. knowledge or understanding: an idea beyond one's ken. 2. range of sight or vision.

5 days ago · Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka were dubbed the "Ken and Barbie killers” after they raped and murdered three Canadian teenagers in the early 1990s. Here’s everything to …

6 days ago · In common usage a fossil word, found only in phrases such as beyond one’s ken and swim into one’s ken.

Ken in American English (ken) noun a male given name, form of Kendall or Kenneth

KEN definition: 1. not in your area of knowledge: 2. to know someone or something 3. not in your area of…. Learn more.

Ken definition: Perception; understanding.

Definition of ken noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

In Scots law, to acknowledge or recognize by a judicial act: as, to ken a widow to her terce (that is, to recognize or decree by a judicial act the right of a widow to the life-rent of her share of …