john

1 a room equipped with toilet facilities [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, 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: 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: 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]

5 the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn: Gospel According to John]

see John

English

Pronunciation

Noun

1. A prostitute's client.
2. A lavatory.
3. An outhouse privy. Also johnny house.

Derived terms

• port-o-john

John is a common English name and surname:

• John (first name)
• John (surname)

John may also refer to:

Religious figures

• John the Baptist, regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ
• John the Apostle, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus
• Pope John or Antipope John, a Roman Catholic papal name
• Pope John of Alexandria, a Coptic papal name
• Saint John (disambiguation)

Rulers and other political figures

• John I
• John II
• John III
• John IV
• John V
• John VI
• John VII
• John VIII
• John of Austria (disambiguation)
• John of Bohemia
• John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
• John of England
• John of Poland
• John of Scotland

Fictional characters

• John (Doctor Who), appearing in the Doctor Who TV Comic strip
• John (Tomorrow People), appearing in the children's science fiction TV series The Tomorrow People
• John from Cincinnati, eponymous TV character
• John-117, main character in the famous Halo video game series
• John, the head of the fictional Visitors force to Earth in the science-fiction franchise V.

Other people

• John (bookmaker), the Indian bookmaker who was involved in a betting controversy with Australian cricketers Mark Waugh and Shane Warne
• 'John' or John Doe, generic name for any male.

Artworks

• Gospel of John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, books of the biblical New Testament
• "John" (1988), a single from French singer Desireless's album François

Other

• Restroom
• John (prostitution), a slang term for a person who patronizes prostitutes
• Tropical Storm John, tropical cyclones appearing in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
• John the Ripper, a password strength checking program (the executable program is simply "john")
• John (ship), a ship that disappeared off the coast of SE Australia in 1806

See also

• Yahya
• Johnny
• Jon
• Ivan

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