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JOHN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A room or building equipped with one or more toilets
Synonyms:
bathroom; can; john; lav; lavatory; privy; toilet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("john" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Meronyms (parts of "john"):
can; commode; crapper; pot; potty; stool; throne; toilet (a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "john"):
head ((nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship)
comfort station; convenience; public convenience; public lavatory; public toilet; restroom; toilet facility; wash room (a toilet that is available to the public)
washroom (a lavatory (particularly a lavatory in a public place))
closet; loo; W.C.; water closet (a toilet in Britain)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The last of the four Gospels in the New Testament
Synonyms:
Gospel According to John; John
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
evangel; Gospel; Gospels (the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings)
Holonyms ("John" is a part of...):
New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A prostitute's customer
Synonyms:
john; trick; whoremaster; whoremonger
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("john" is a kind of...):
client; customer (someone who pays for goods or services)
Sense 4
Meaning:
(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
Synonyms:
John; John the Divine; John the Evangelist; Saint John; Saint John the Apostle; St. John; St. John the Apostle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Apostle ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)
Evangelist ((when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)
Domain category:
New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)
Sense 5
Meaning:
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)
Synonyms:
John; John Lackland; King John
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
King of England; King of Great Britain (the sovereign ruler of England)
Holonyms ("John" is a member of...):
Plantagenet; Plantagenet line (the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485)
Context examples:
When a mate brings a slip on his cable—one as knows me, I mean—it won't be in the same world with old John.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It is to-day or to-morrow with Mr. John Bull. If he prefers to-day we are perfectly ready.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Why not go round to the Five’s Court?” suggested Sir John Lade.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We may leave the question of who killed John Straker for the instant, and confine ourselves to finding out what has become of the horse.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Step this way, if you please, gentlemen, and I think I can convince you once for all that it was John McFarlane who did this crime.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Locke was the man, John Locke.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A group led by Dr. Robert Yolken at Johns Hopkins University has been studying the links between viral infections and brain development.
(Algal Virus Infects, Affects Humans, NIH)
Created and published by the ADC Clinical Task Force (John C. Morris, MD, Chair) and the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (Walter A. Kukull, PhD, Director).
(Modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale-NACC Version Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The formula to calculate body surface area as described by John D. Current.
(Linear Regression Body Surface Area Formula for Infants and Children, NCI Thesaurus)
A standardized rating scale developed by John F. Kurtzke in 1983 to measure the level of functioning in people with multiple sclerosis based on a standard neurological examination.
(Kurtzke Functional Systems Scores Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
