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john (jän)

noun

  1. a toilet
    1. any man, esp. one who is an easy mark
    2. a customer of a prostitute
John1 definition

John (jän)

noun

  1. 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
  2. Bible
    1. 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
    2. the fourth book of the New Testament: abbrev. Jn
    3. any of the three Letters of John
  3. 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)

  1. (called John Lackland) 1167?-1216; king of England (1199-1216): forced by his barons to sign the Magna Carta: son of Henry II
  2. (born John Sobieski) 1624-96; king of Poland (1674-96)
  3. (born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) 1881-1963; pope (1958-63)
  4. 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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