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john

(eg. vexed, grace, butterfly )

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  • john  /ˈdʒɑn/ ?  a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

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    1. (n) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
    2. (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)
    3. (n) (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
    4. (n) a prostitute's customer
    5. (n) the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament
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    can, lav

  • john adams  2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)
  • john addington symonds  English writer (1840-1893)
  • john amos comenius  Czech educational reformer (1592-1670)
  • john anthony ciardi  United States poet and critic (1916-1986)
  • john augustus roebling  United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and…
  • john bach mcmaster  United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the…
  • john bardeen  United States physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics twice (1908-1991)
  • john barleycorn  an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
  • john barrington wain  English writer (1925-1994)
  • john barrymore  United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore…
  • john barth  United States novelist (born in 1930)
  • john bartlett  United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations…
  • john bernoulli  Swiss mathematician (1667-1748)
  • john berry hobbs  notable English cricketer (1882-1963)
  • john birks gillespie  United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
  • john broadus watson  United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic…
  • john brown  abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's…
  • john bull  a man of English descent
  • john bunyan  English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)
  • john burdon sanderson haldane  Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who…
  • john burgoyne  British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga…
  • john c. fremont  United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest…
  • john cabot  Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the…
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