john
john definition
john (jän)
noun
- a toilet
- ☆
- any man, esp. one who is an easy mark
- a customer of a prostitute
John1 definition
John (jän)
noun
- a masculine name: dim. Jack, Johnnie, Johnny; equiv. Fr. Jean, Ger. Hans, Johann, Johannes, Ir. Sean, Shane, Shawn, It. Giovanni, Pol. Jan, Russ. Ivan, Scot. Iain, Ian, Jock, Sp. Juan, Welsh Evan; fem. Jane, Jean, Jeanne, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna
- Bible
- one of the twelve Apostles and one of the four Evangelists, to whom is ascribed the fourth Gospel, the three Letters of John, and the Book of Revelation: his day is Dec. 27
- the fourth book of the New Testament: abbrev. Jn
- any of the three Letters of John
- Bible John the Baptist
Etymology: ME Jon < OFr Johan, Jehan, Jan < ML Johannes < LL(Ec) Joannes < Gr(Ec) Iōannes < Heb yōhānān, contr. < yehōhānān, lit., Yahweh is gracious
John2 definition
John (jän)
- (called John Lackland) 1167?-1216; king of England (1199-1216): forced by his barons to sign the Magna Carta: son of Henry II
- (born John Sobieski) 1624-96; king of Poland (1674-96)
- (born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) 1881-1963; pope (1958-63)
- John, Augustus (Edwin) 1879-1961; Eng. painter
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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