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John

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Meaning

Noun

In Prostitution:
A prostitute's client.
In American English:
A
or place to
and
: now usually a
or
, but also (dated) a
or outhouse.
A Western
in East Asia.
In Male animals:
A
mule.
In British English & Military:
A new
at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
In American English:
Alternative letter-case form of
: a
,
,
, or
pot.

Name

  • A
    from the Bible [
    from Hebrew]; very
    since the Middle Ages.
  • Used
    for a
    whose
    may not be known.
  • Used
    to form an
    ,
    John Bull, John Barleycorn (see
    below).
  • Persons of the Christian Bible: John the Baptist; and
    to one, two or three
    ,
    called "Saint": John the Apostle, John the Evangelist and John of Patmos (also called John the Divine or John the Theologian).
    The Gospel of St. John, a
    of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the
    of the
    s.
    One of the
    in the New Testament of the Bible, the
    of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).
    A
    as a patronymic.
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