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john
1[ jon ]
noun
- a toilet or bathroom.
- (sometimes initial capital letter) a fellow; guy.
- (sometimes initial capital letter) a prostitute's customer.
- Also called john mule. a male mule, or more properly a gelded mule. Compare horse mule.
John
2[ jon ]
noun
- the apostle John, believed to be the author of the fourth Gospel, three Epistles, and the book of Revelation.
- John Lackland, 1167?–1216, king of England 1199–1216; signer of the Magna Carta 1215 (son of Henry II of England).
- Augustus Edwin, 1878–1961, British painter and etcher.
- Elton Reginald Kenneth Dwight, born 1947, English rock singer, pianist, and songwriter.
- the fourth Gospel.
- any of the three Epistles of John: 1, 2, or 3 John.
- a male given name.
John
2/ »åÏôÉ’²Ô /
noun
- New Testament
- JohnMJewishRELIGION: apostleRELIGION: saint the apostle John, the son of Zebedee, identified with the author of the fourth Gospel, three epistles, and the book of Revelation. Feast day: Dec 27 or Sept 26
- the fourth Gospel
- any of three epistles (in full The First, Second, and Third Epistles of John )
- See John the Baptist
- John11671216MEnglishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler known as John Lackland. 1167–1216, king of England (1199–1216); son of Henry II. He succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I, having previously tried to usurp the throne. War with France led to the loss of most of his French possessions. After his refusal to recognize Stephen Langton as archbishop of Canterbury an interdict was imposed on England (1208–14). In 1215 he was compelled by the barons to grant the Magna Carta
- John13711419MBurgundianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler called the Fearless . 1371–1419, duke of Burgundy (1404–19). His attempt to control the mad king Charles VI and his murder of the king's brother led to civil war: assassinated
- JohnAugustus (Edwin)18781961MBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Augustus ( Edwin ). 1878–1961, British painter, esp of portraits
- JohnBarry1945MWelshSPORT AND GAMES: rugby union player Barry born 1945, Welsh Rugby Union footballer: halfback for Wales (1966–72) and the British Lions (1968–71)
- JohnSir Elton (Hercules)1947MBritishMUSIC: rock pianistMUSIC: composerMUSIC: singer Sir Elton ( Hercules ). original name Reginald Dwight. born 1947, British rock pianist, composer, and singer; his hits include "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (1973) and "Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997), a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales
- JohnGwen18761939FBritishARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Gwen , sister of Augustus John. 1876–1939, British painter, working in France: noted esp for her portraits of women
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Example Sentences
The high school baseball season began for St. John Bosco with its new field under construction, unable to be used.
"Philip had a rather tragic and lonely childhood," said historian and Philip's biographer Prof Angela John, who acted as an informal consultant on the film.
An electronic score by John Carroll Kirby apes the sound of the era but devolves into abstraction as the story develops into something darker.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said he would have denied the appeal, and the court’s three liberals — Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson — filed a written dissent.
“Occasionally, we, the party, nominates people from the farther left in those districts, and they lose, and when we nominate people from the center, they win. It happened in my hometown of Syracuse, where, you know, for two cycles in a row, we nominated somebody who was too far left in the district, and then we nominated John Mannion, and then he won,†Bennett said.
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