'John' definitions:
Definition of 'john'
From: WordNet
noun
A room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom]
noun
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) [syn: John, King John, John Lackland]
noun
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation [syn: John, Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine]
noun
noun
The last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn: John, Gospel According to John]
Definition of 'John'
From: GCIDE
- John \John\ (j[o^]n), n. [See Johannes.] A proper name of a man. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [John (or F. jaune yellow) + Doree, Dory.] (Zool.) 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}. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'John'
From: Easton
- John
- One who, with Annas and Caiaphas, sat in judgment on the apostles Peter and John (Acts 4:6). He was of the kindred of the high priest; otherwise unknown.
- The Hebrew name of Mark (q.v.). He is designated by this name in the acts of the Apostles (12:12, 25; 13:5, 13; 15:37).
- THE APOSTLE, brother of James the "Greater" (Matt. 4:21; 10:2; Mark 1:19; 3:17; 10:35). He was one, probably the younger, of the sons of Zebedee (Matt. 4:21) and Salome (Matt. 27:56; comp. Mark 15:40), and was born at Bethsaida. His father was apparently a man of some wealth (comp. Mark 1:20; Luke 5:3; John 19:27). He was doubtless trained in all that constituted the ordinary education of Jewish youth. When he grew up he followed the occupation of a fisherman on the Lake of Galilee. When John the Baptist began his ministry in the wilderness of Judea, John, with many others, gathered round him, and was deeply influenced by his teaching. There he heard the announcement, "Behold the Lamb of God," and forthwith, on the invitation of Jesus, became a disciple and ranked among his followers (John 1:36, 37) for a time. He and his brother then returned to their former avocation, for how long is uncertain. Jesus again called them (Matt. 4: 21; Luke 5:1-11), and now they left all and permanently attached themselves to the company of his disciples. He became one of the innermost circle (Mark 5:37; Matt. 17:1; 26:37; Mark 13:3). He was the disciple whom Jesus loved. In zeal and intensity of character he was a "Boanerges" (Mark 3:17). This spirit once and again broke out (Matt. 20:20-24; Mark 10:35-41; Luke 9:49, 54). At the betrayal he and Peter follow Christ afar off, while the others betake themselves to hasty flight (John 18:15). At the trial he follows Christ into the council chamber, and thence to the praetorium (18:16, 19, 28) and to the place of crucifixion (19:26, 27). To him and Peter, Mary first conveys tidings of the resurrection (20:2), and they are the first to go and see what her strange words mean. After the resurrection he and Peter again return to the Sea of Galilee, where the Lord reveals himself to them (21:1, 7). We find Peter and John frequently after this together (Acts 3:1; 4:13). John remained apparently in Jerusalem as the leader of the church there (Acts 15:6; Gal. 2:9). His subsequent history is unrecorded. He was not there, however, at the time of Paul's last visit (Acts 21:15-40). He appears to have retired to Ephesus, but at what time is unknown. The seven churches of Asia were the objects of his special care (Rev. 1:11). He suffered under persecution, and was banished to Patmos (1:9); whence he again returned to Ephesus, where he died, probably about A.D. 98, having outlived all or nearly all the friends and companions even of his maturer years. There are many interesting traditions regarding John during his residence at Ephesus, but these cannot claim the character of historical truth.
Definition of 'John'
From: Hitchcock
- John, the grace or mercy of the Lord
Synonyms of 'john'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- backhouse,
- basement,
- bathroom,
- bedpan,
- can,
- chamber,
- chamber pot,
- chemical closet,
- chemical toilet,
- closet,
- comfort station,
- commode,
- convenience,
- crapper,
- earth closet,
- head,
- jerry,
- johnny,
- johnny house,
- jordan,
- latrine,
- lavatory,
- loo,
- necessary,
- outhouse,
- piss pot,
- potty,
- potty-chair,
- powder room,
- privy,
- rest room,
- stool,
- throne,
- thunder mug,
- toilet,
- toilet room,
- water closet,
- WC
Words containing 'John'
- i john,
- johns,
- Cabin John,
- Doe John,
- John Barleycorn,
- John Bull,
- John Bullism,
- John Day,
- John Day, OR,
- John Doe,
- John Doree,
- John Dory,
- John Hancock,
- John Paw,
- North Johns,
- Sour John,
- St. John,
- St. John, IN,
- St. Johns,
- Sweet John,
- baptism johns,
- ii john,
- iii john,
- jasper johns,
- john adams,
- john bardeen,
- john barrymore,
- john barth,
- john bartlett,
- john bernoulli,
- john brown,
- john bunyan,
- john burgoyne,
- john cabot,
- john cage,
- john calvin,
- john cash,
- john chapman,
- john cheever,
- john chrysostom,
- john churchill,
- john ciardi,
- john constable,
- john copley,
- john dalton,
- john davis,
- john davys,
- john deere,
- john dewey,
- john donne,
- john dowland,
- john drew,
- john dryden,
- john eccles,
- john endecott,
- john endicott,
- john fletcher,
- john florio,
- john ford,
- john galbraith,
- john galsworthy,
- john glenn,
- john gospel of,
- john haldane,
- john harvard,
- john heming,
- john hemminge,
- john henry,
- john herschel,
- john huss,
- john huston,
- john irving,
- john jay,
- john keats,
- john keble,
- john knox,
- john lackland,
- john lennon,
- john locke,
- john lyly,
- john macleod,
- john major,
- john marquand,
- john marshall,
- john marstan,
- john masefield,
- john mccormick,
- john mcgraw,
- john mercer,
- john mill,
- john milton,
- john mitchell,
- john muir,
- john napier,
- john of gaunt,
- john osborne,
- john paul i,
- john reed,
- john rock,
- john roebling,
- john ross,
- john rowlands,
- john ruskin,
- john rutledge,
- john scopes,
- john smith,
- john speke,
- john steinbeck,
- john the baptist,
- john the divine,
- john the evangelist,
- john tradescant,
- john trumbull,
- john tyler,
- john tyndall,
- john uhler,
- john updike,
- john vanbrugh,
- john venn,
- john wain,
- john walker,
- john wanamaker,
- john wayne,
- john webster,
- john wesley,
- john wickliffe,
- john wiclif,
- john wilkes,
- john witherspoon,
- john wyclif,
- john wycliffe,
- john xxiii,
- john's cabbage,
- johns hopkins,
- king john,
- little john,
- long johns,
- pink of my john,
- saint john,
- saint john's,
- saint johns,
- st. john's,
- Blue-john,
- Cabin John, MD,
- Cheap-john,
- John Sam Lake,
- John's-wort,
- John-a-Nokes,
- John-a-Stiles,
- John-apple,
- North Johns, AL,
- Poor-john,
- Port St. John,
- Saint John's bread,
- Sir John Oldcastle,
- Sour John, OK,
- St John's bread,
- St. John the Baptist,
- St. John, KS,
- St. John, MO,
- St. John, ND,
- St. John, WA,
- St. Johns County,
- St. Johns, AZ,
- St. Johns, FL,
- St. Johns, IL,
- St. Johns, MI,
- The Revelation of Saint John,
- arthur john gielgud,
- captain john smith,
- cecil john rhodes,
- elmore john leonard,
- first epistle of john,
- gospel according to john,
- gregory john norman,
- henry john heinz,
- james john corbett,
- john addington symonds,
- john amos comenius,
- john anthony ciardi,
- john augustus roebling,
- john bach mcmaster,
- john barrington wain,
- john berry hobbs,
- john birks gillespie,
- john broadus watson,
- john c. fremont,
- john charles fremont,
- john cowper powys,
- john d. rockefeller,
- john davison rockefeller,
- john donald budge,
- john dos passos,
- john duns scotus,
- john edgar hoover,
- john edward masefield,
- john ernst steinbeck,
- john first epistle of,
- john fitzgerald kennedy,
- john foster dulles,
- john greenleaf whittier,
- john griffith chaney,
- john hanning speke,
- john henry newman,
- john hope franklin,
- john howard northrop,
- john hoyer updike,
- john jacob astor,
- john james audubon,
- john james osborne,
- john joseph mcgraw,
- john joseph pershing,
- john kenneth galbraith,
- john l. h. down,
- john l. lewis,
- john le carre,
- john llewelly lewis,
- john luther jones,
- john m. browning,
- john maynard keynes,
- john merven carrere,
- john millington synge,
- john moses browning,
- john paul ii,
- john paul jones,
- john philip marquand,
- john philip sousa,
- john pierpont morgan,
- john quincy adams,
- john r. major,
- john robinson jeffers,
- john roy major,
- john rupert firth,
- john scott haldane,
- john second epistle of,
- john simmons barth,
- john singer sargent,
- john singleton copley,
- john stuart mill,
- john third epistle of,
- john thomas scopes,
- john tuzo wilson,
- john van vleck,
- john von neumann,
- john wilkes booth,
- john william strutt,
- joseph john thomson,
- paul john flory,
- president john adams,
- richard john roberts,
- saint john river,
- saint john the apostle,
- saint johns river,
- second epistel of john,
- sir john cockcroft,
- sir john falstaff,
- sir john gielgud,
- sir john hawkins,
- sir john hawkyns,
- sir john herschel,
- sir john ross,
- sir john suckling,
- sir john tenniel,
- sir john vanbrigh,
- st john's day,
- st john's eve,
- st john's night,
- st john's wort,
- st. john chrysostom,
- st. john river,
- st. john the apostle,
- st. johns river,
- third epistel of john,
- John Sam Lake, WA,
- Knight of St John of Jerusalem,
- Port St. John, FL,
- Saint John's-wort,
- St John's-wort,
- St. John the Baptist Parish,
- St. John the Baptist, LA,
- St. Johns County, FL,
- charles john huffam dickens,
- commodore john barry bridge,
- common st john's wort,
- creeping st john's wort,
- david john moore cornwell,
- dudley stuart john moore,
- edmund john millington synge,
- great st john's wort,
- john burdon sanderson haldane,
- john hasbrouck van vleck,
- john henry o'hara,
- john herschel glenn jr.,
- john james rickard macleod,
- john milton cage jr.,
- john orley allen tate,
- john roderigo dos passos,
- john ronald reuel tolkien,
- president john f. kennedy,
- president john quincy adams,
- revelation of saint john the divine,
- shrubby st john's wort,
- sir arthur john evans,
- sir john carew eccles,
- sir john cowdery kendrew,
- sir john douglas cockcroft,
- sir john everett millais,
- sir joseph john thomson,
- st john's wort family,
- Marsh St John's-wort,
- St. John the Baptist Parish, LA,
- evelyn arthur saint john waugh,
- marsh st-john's wort,
- saint-john's-bread,
- sir john frederick william herschel,
- walter john de la mare,
- william john clifton haley jr.