Thesaurus: john

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1. n. A proper name of a man.
2. n. a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
3. n. a prostitute's customer
4. A proper name of a man. John-apple, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as Apple-john. -- John Bull, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people. -- John Bullism, English character. W. Irving. -- John Doe (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in an action of ejectment. Mozley & W. -- John Doree, John Dory. Etym: [John (or F. jaune yellow) + Doree, Dory.] (Zoöl.) An oval, compressed, European food fish (Zeus faber). Its color is yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round dark spot on each side. Called also dory, doree, and St. Peter's fish.
5. A proper name of a man. John-apple, a sort of apple ripe aboutSt. John's Day. Same as Apple-john.-- John Bull, an ideal personification of the typicalcharacteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people.-- John Bullism, English character. W. Irving.-- John Doe (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitiousplaintiff in an action of ejectment. Mozley & W.-- John Doree, John Dory. Etym: [John (or F. jaune yellow) + Doree,Dory.] (Zoöl.) An oval, compressed, European food fish (Zeus faber).Its color is yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and bluereflections. It has a round dark spot on each side. Called also dory,doree, and St. Peter's fish.
6. n. youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) n. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation n. the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament