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Meaning of john

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  john
      n 1: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn:
           {toilet}, {lavatory}, {lav}, {can}, {john}, {privy},
           {bathroom}]
      2: 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}]
      3: (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}]
      4: a prostitute's customer [syn: {whoremaster}, {whoremonger},
         {john}, {trick}]
      5: the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn:
         {John}, {Gospel According to John}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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