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ST. JOHN
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick
Synonyms:
Saint John; St. John
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)
Holonyms ("St. John" is a part of...):
New Brunswick (a province in southeastern Canada)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy
Synonyms:
Saint John; Saint John River; St. John; St. John River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("St. John" is a part of...):
New Brunswick (a province in southeastern Canada)
Maine; ME; Me.; Pine Tree State (a state in New England)
Sense 3
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:
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)
Context examples:
Poor simple lad! he had not learned yet that what men are and what men profess to be are very wide asunder, and that the Knights of St. John, having come into large part of the riches of the ill-fated Templars, were very much too comfortable to think of exchanging their palace for a tent, or the cellars of England for the thirsty deserts of Syria.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The name, then, of that gentleman, is Mr. St. John Rivers?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
And the gentleman who lives here is called Mr. St. John?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
She is so ill, St. John.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The two ladies, their brother, Mr. St. John, the old servant, were all gazing at me.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
"Is it you, Mr. St. John?" cried Hannah.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
"To speak truth, St. John, my heart rather warms to the poor little soul. I wish we may be able to benefit her permanently."
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
"Ye'll want your supper, I am sure," observed Hannah; "and so will Mr. St. John when he comes in."
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I wonder when St. John will come home.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
"Why, she can't be above seventeen or eighteen years old, St. John," said she.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
