john Idioms & Phrases

Ap"ple-john` noun

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1. A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple. Shak.

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• noun English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000)
  Gielgud; Arthur John Gielgud.
  

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Blue"-john` noun

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1. A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.

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• noun English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)
  Captain John Smith; Smith.
  

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• noun British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
  Rhodes; Cecil Rhodes; Cecil J. Rhodes.
  

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• noun English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)
  Dickens; Charles Dickens.
  

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• noun a cantilever bridge in Chester, Pennsylvania
  

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• noun deciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain
  tutsan; Hypericum androsaemum.
  

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• noun creeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers; useful as ground cover
  Hypericum calycinum.
  

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• noun English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931)
  le Carre; David John Moore Cornwell.
  

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• noun English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935)
  Dudley Moore; Moore.
  

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• noun Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909)
  J. M. Synge; Edmund John Millington Synge; Synge.
  

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• noun United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)
  Elmore Leonard; Leonard; Dutch Leonard.
  

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• noun English author of satirical novels (1903-1966)
  Waugh; Evelyn Waugh.
  

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• noun the first New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle
  First Epistle of John.
  

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• noun the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament
  John.
  

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• noun perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes
  Hypericum ascyron; Hypericum pyramidatum.
  

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• noun Australian golfer (born in 1955)
  Norman; Greg Norman.
  

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• noun United States industrialist who manufactured and sold processed foods (1844-1919)
  Heinz.
  

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• noun the first New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle
  First Epistle of John.
  

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• noun the second New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle
  II John.
  

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• noun the third New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle
  III John.
  

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• noun United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933)
  Jim Corbett; Corbett; Gentleman Jim.
  

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• noun United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930)
  Johns.
  

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• noun 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)
  John Adams; Adams; President Adams.
  

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• noun English writer (1840-1893)
  Symonds.
  

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• noun Czech educational reformer (1592-1670)
  Jan Amos Komensky; Comenius.
  

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• noun United States poet and critic (1916-1986)
  Ciardi; John Anthony Ciardi.
  

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• noun United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869)
  John Augustus Roebling; Roebling.
  

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• noun United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the people of the United States (1852-1932)
  McMaster.
  

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• noun United States physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics twice (1908-1991)
  Bardeen.
  

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• noun an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
  hard drink; spirits; liquor; booze; hard liquor; strong drink.
  

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• noun English writer (1925-1994)
  John Barrington Wain; Wain.
  

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• noun United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942)
  Barrymore.
  

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• noun United States novelist (born in 1930)
  John Barth; Barth.
  

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• noun United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)
  Bartlett.
  

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• noun Swiss mathematician (1667-1748)
  Bernoulli; Johann Bernoulli; Jean Bernoulli.
  

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• noun notable English cricketer (1882-1963)
  Hobbs; Sir Jack Hobbs.
  

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• noun United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
  Dizzy Gillespie; Gillespie.
  

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• noun United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958)
  Watson.
  

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• noun abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
  Brown.
  

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• noun a man of English descent
  limey.
  

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• an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people.

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• English character. W. Irving.

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• noun English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)
  Bunyan.
  

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• noun Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
  Haldane; J. B. S. Haldane.
  

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• noun British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792)
  Gentleman Johnny; Burgoyne.
  

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• noun United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest (1813-1890)
  John C. Fremont; Fremont.
  

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• noun Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)
  Cabot; Giovanni Cabato.
  

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• noun United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
  John Cage; Cage.
  

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• noun Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
  Jean Caulvin; Calvin; Jean Cauvin; Jean Chauvin.
  

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• noun United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003)
  Cash; Johnny Cash.
  

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• noun United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
  Chapman; Johnny Appleseed.
  

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• noun United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest (1813-1890)
  John C. Fremont; Fremont.
  

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• noun United States writer of novels and short stories (1912-1982)
  Cheever.
  

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• noun (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407)
  John Chrysostom.
  

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• noun English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)
  Duke of Marlborough; Churchill; First Duke of Marlborough.
  

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• noun United States poet and critic (1916-1986)
  Ciardi; John Anthony Ciardi.
  

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• noun English landscape painter (1776-1837)
  Constable.
  

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• noun American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)
  John Copley; Copley.
  

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• noun British writer of novels about nature; one of three literary brothers (1872-1963)
  Powys.
  

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• noun United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)
  John D. Rockefeller; Rockefeller.
  

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• noun English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844)
  Dalton.
  

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• noun English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
  Davys; Davis; John Davis.
  

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• noun United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)
  John D. Rockefeller; Rockefeller.
  

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• noun English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
  Davys; Davis; John Davis.
  

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• noun United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)
  Deere.
  

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• noun United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952)
  Dewey.
  

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• noun a hypothetical average man
  Joe Bloggs; Joe Blow; man in the street.
  
• noun an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings
  

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• (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in an action of ejectment. Mozley & W.

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• noun United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)
  Budge; Don Budge.
  

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• noun English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631)
  Donne.
  

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• . John (or F. jaune yellow) + Doree, Dory. (Zoöl.) An oval, compressed, European food fish (Zeus faber). Its color is yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round dark spot on each side. Called also dory, doree, and St. Peter's fish.

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• noun European dory
  Zeus faber.
  

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• noun United States novelist remembered for his portrayal of life in the United States (1896-1970)
  John Dos Passos; Dos Passos.
  

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• noun English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626)
  Dowland.
  

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• noun United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
  Drew.
  

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• noun the outstanding poet and dramatist of the Restoration (1631-1700)
  Dryden.
  

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• noun Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308)
  Duns Scotus.
  

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• noun Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997)
  John Eccles; Eccles.
  

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• noun United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)
  Hoover; J. Edgar Hoover.
  

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• noun English poet (1878-1967)
  Masefield; John Edward Masefield.
  

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• noun born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665)
  John Endecott; Endicott; Endecott.
  

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• noun born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665)
  John Endecott; Endicott; Endecott.
  

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• noun United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968)
  John Ernst Steinbeck; Steinbeck.
  

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• noun 35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)
  Jack Kennedy; JFK; Kennedy; John Fitzgerald Kennedy; President Kennedy.
  

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• noun prolific English dramatist who collaborated with Francis Beaumont and many other dramatists (1579-1625)
  Fletcher.
  

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• noun English lexicographer remembered for his Italian and English dictionary (1553-1625)
  Florio.
  

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• noun United States film maker (1896-1973)
  Ford.
  

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• noun United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to American allies (1888-1959)
  Dulles.
  

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• noun United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908)
  John Galbraith; Galbraith.
  

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• noun English novelist (1867-1933)
  Galsworthy.
  

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• noun made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-)
  John Glenn; Glenn.
  

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• noun United States poet best known for his nostalgic poems about New England (1807-1892)
  Whittier.
  

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• noun United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916)
  London; Jack London.
  

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• noun Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936)
  Haldane; John Haldane.
  

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• noun American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress; was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1793)
  Hancock.
  
• noun a person's own signature
  autograph.
  

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• noun English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864)
  Speke; John Hanning Speke.
  

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• noun American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)
  Harvard.
  

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• noun United States physicist (1899-1980)
  Van Vleck; John Hasbrouck Van Vleck.
  

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• noun English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630)
  Heming; Hemminge; John Heming.
  

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• noun English actor who edited the first folio of Shakespeare's plays (1556-1630)
  Heming; Hemminge; John Heming.
  

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• noun hero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill
  

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• noun English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890)
  Newman; Cardinal Newman.
  

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• noun United States writer (1905-1970)
  O'Hara.
  

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• noun English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)
  Herschel; John Herschel; Sir John Frederick William Herschel.
  

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• noun made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-)
  John Glenn; Glenn.
  

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• noun United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
  Franklin.
  

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• noun United States biochemist (1891-1987)
  Northrop.
  

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• noun United States author (born 1932)
  John Hoyer Updike; Updike.
  

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• noun Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)
  Huss; Jan Hus; Hus.
  

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• noun United States film maker born in the United States but an Irish citizen after 1964 (1906-1987)
  Huston.
  

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• noun United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942)
  Irving.
  

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• noun United States capitalist (born in Germany) who made a fortune in fur trading (1763-1848)
  Astor.
  

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• noun United States ornithologist and artist (born in Haiti) noted for his paintings of birds of America (1785-1851)
  Audubon.
  

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• noun English playwright (1929-1994)
  John James Osborne; Osborne.
  

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• noun Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935)
  John James Rickard Macleod; Macleod.
  

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• noun United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)
  Jay.
  

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• noun United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934)
  McGraw; John Joseph McGraw.
  

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• noun United States general who commanded the American forces in Europe during World War I (1860-1948)
  Pershing; Black Jack Pershing.
  

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• noun Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)
  Keats.
  

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• noun English clergyman who (with John Henry Newman and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement (1792-1866)
  Keble.
  

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• noun United States economist (born in Canada) who served as ambassador to India (born in 1908)
  John Galbraith; Galbraith.
  

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• noun Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland (1514-1572)
  Knox.
  

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• noun English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
  Down.
  

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• noun United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969)
  Lewis; John L. Lewis.
  

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• noun 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)
  John; John Lackland.
  

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• noun English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931)
  le Carre; David John Moore Cornwell.
  

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• noun English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980)
  Lennon.
  

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• noun United States labor leader who was president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 and president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations from 1935 to 1940 (1880-1969)
  Lewis; John L. Lewis.
  

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• noun English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
  Locke.
  

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• noun United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)
  Jones; Casey Jones.
  

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• noun English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606)
  Lyly.
  

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• noun United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
  John M. Browning; Browning.
  

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• noun Scottish physiologist who directed the research by F. G. Banting and C. H. Best that led to the discovery of insulin (1876-1935)
  John James Rickard Macleod; Macleod.
  

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• noun British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
  Major; John Major; John R. Major.
  

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• noun United States writer who created the Japanese detective Mr. Moto and wrote other novels as well (1893-1960)
  Marquand; John Marquand.
  

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• noun United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the principles of United States constitutional law (1755-1835)
  Marshall.
  

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• noun English playwright (1575-1634)
  Marstan.
  

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• noun English poet (1878-1967)
  Masefield; John Edward Masefield.
  

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• noun English economist who advocated the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation (1883-1946)
  Keynes.
  

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• noun United States operatic tenor (born in Ireland) (1884-1945)
  McCormick.
  

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• noun United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934)
  McGraw; John Joseph McGraw.
  

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• noun British maker of printed calico cloth who invented mercerizing (1791-1866)
  Mercer.
  

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• noun United States architect who with his partner Thomas Hastings designed many important public buildings (1858-1911)
  Carrere.
  

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• noun English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)
  John Mill; Mill.
  

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• noun Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (1871-1909)
  J. M. Synge; Edmund John Millington Synge; Synge.
  

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• noun English poet; remembered primarily as the author of an epic poem describing humanity's fall from grace (1608-1674)
  Milton.
  

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• noun United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
  John Cage; Cage.
  

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• noun United States labor leader; president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919)
  Mitchell.
  

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• noun United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926)
  John M. Browning; Browning.
  

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• noun United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914)
  Muir.
  

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• noun Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617)
  Napier.
  

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• noun the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399)
  Duke of Lancaster.
  

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• noun United States poet and critic (1899-1979)
  Tate; Allen Tate.
  

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• noun English playwright (1929-1994)
  John James Osborne; Osborne.
  

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• noun the first Pope to assume a double name; he reigned for only 34 days (1912-1978)
  Albino Luciano.
  

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• noun the first Pope born in Poland; the first Pope not born in Italy in 450 years (1920-2005)
  Karol Wojtyla.
  

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• noun American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)
  Jones.
  

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• noun United States writer who created the Japanese detective Mr. Moto and wrote other novels as well (1893-1960)
  Marquand; John Marquand.
  

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• noun a United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932)
  March King; Sousa.
  

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• noun United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913)
  J. P. Morgan; Morgan.
  

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• noun 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848)
  John Quincy Adams; Adams; President Adams.
  

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• noun British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
  Major; John Major; John R. Major.
  

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• noun United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)
  Reed.
  

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• noun United States poet who wrote about California (1887-1962)
  Robinson Jeffers; Jeffers.
  

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• noun United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)
  Rock.
  

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• noun United States novelist remembered for his portrayal of life in the United States (1896-1970)
  John Dos Passos; Dos Passos.
  

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• noun United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869)
  John Augustus Roebling; Roebling.
  

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• noun British philologist and writer of fantasies (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)
  J.R.R. Tolkien; Tolkien.
  

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• noun Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
  John Ross; Ross.
  

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• noun Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)
  Stanley; Sir Henry Morton Stanley; Henry M. Stanley.
  

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• noun British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
  Major; John Major; John R. Major.
  

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• noun English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)
  Firth; J. R. Firth.
  

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• noun British art critic (1819-1900)
  Ruskin.
  

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• noun United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; he was appointed by George Washington and briefly served as chief justice but was ultimately rejected by the United States Senate (1739-1800)
  Rutledge.
  

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• noun Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
  Scopes; John Scopes.
  

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• noun Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936)
  Haldane; John Haldane.
  

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• noun United States novelist (born in 1930)
  John Barth; Barth.
  

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• noun United States painter (born in Italy) known for his society portraits (1856-1925)
  Sargent.
  

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• noun American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)
  John Copley; Copley.
  

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• noun English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)
  Captain John Smith; Smith.
  

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• noun English explorer who with Sir Richard Burton was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika; he also discovered Lake Victoria and named it (1827-1864)
  Speke; John Hanning Speke.
  

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• noun United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968)
  John Ernst Steinbeck; Steinbeck.
  

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• noun English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)
  John Mill; Mill.
  

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• noun (New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome
  John the Baptist.
  

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• noun (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
  John the Divine; St. John; St. John the Apostle; John the Evangelist; Saint John; Saint John the Apostle; John.
  

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• noun (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
  John the Divine; St. John; St. John the Apostle; John the Evangelist; Saint John; Saint John the Apostle; John.
  

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• noun Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970)
  Scopes; John Scopes.
  

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• noun English botanist who was one of the first to collect specimens of plants (1570-1638)
  Tradescant.
  

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• noun American painter of historical scenes (1756-1843)
  Trumbull.
  
• noun American satirical poet (1750-1831)
  Trumbull.
  

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• noun Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)
  Wilson.
  

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• noun elected vice president and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862)
  Tyler; President Tyler.
  

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• noun British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893)
  Tyndall.
  

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• noun United States film actor (1925-2001)
  Lemmon; Jack Lemmon.
  

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• noun United States author (born 1932)
  John Hoyer Updike; Updike.
  

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• noun United States physicist (1899-1980)
  Van Vleck; John Hasbrouck Van Vleck.
  

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• noun English architect (1664-1726)
  Vanbrugh; John Vanbrugh.
  

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• noun English logician who introduced Venn diagrams (1834-1923)
  Venn.
  

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• noun United States mathematician who contributed to the development of atom bombs and of stored-program digital computers (1903-1957)
  von Neumann; Neumann.
  

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• noun English writer (1925-1994)
  John Barrington Wain; Wain.
  

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• noun New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952)
  Walker.
  

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• noun United States businessman whose business grew into one of the first department stores (1838-1922)
  Wanamaker.
  

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• noun United States film actor who played tough heroes (1907-1979)
  Wayne; Duke Wayne.
  

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• noun English playwright (1580-1625)
  Webster.
  

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• noun English clergyman and founder of Methodism (1703-1791)
  Wesley.
  

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• noun English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)
  John Wickliffe; John Wyclif; Wiclif; Wycliffe; Wickliffe; Wyclif; John Wiclif.
  

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• noun English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)
  John Wickliffe; John Wyclif; Wiclif; Wycliffe; Wickliffe; Wyclif; John Wiclif.
  

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• noun English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797)
  Wilkes.
  

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• noun United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)
  Booth.
  

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• noun English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)
  Lord Rayleigh; Third Baron Rayleigh; Rayleigh.
  

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• noun American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794)
  Witherspoon.
  

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• noun English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)
  John Wickliffe; John Wyclif; Wiclif; Wycliffe; Wickliffe; Wyclif; John Wiclif.
  

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• noun English theologian whose objections to Roman Catholic doctrine anticipated the Protestant Reformation (1328-1384)
  John Wickliffe; John Wyclif; Wiclif; Wycliffe; Wickliffe; Wyclif; John Wiclif.
  

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• noun Italian pope from 1958 to 1963 who convoked the Second Vatican Council (1881-1963)
  Angelo Guiseppe Roncalli.
  

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• noun showy perennial herb with white flowers; leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States
  Shawnee salad; Hydrophyllum virginianum; Indian salad; shawny; Virginia waterleaf.
  

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John's"-wort` noun

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1. See St. John's-wort.

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• a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as Apple-john.

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• noun United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873)
  Hopkins.
  
• noun a university in Baltimore
  

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• noun English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)
  Joseph John Thomson; Thomson.
  

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• noun 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)
  John; John Lackland.
  

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• noun legendary follower of Robin Hood; noted for his size and strength
  

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• noun warm underwear with long legs
  

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• noun perennial marsh herb with pink to mauve flowers; southeastern United States
  Hypericum virginianum.
  

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• noun United States chemist who developed methods for studying long-chain molecules (1910-1985)
  Flory.
  

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• noun a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived
  wild pansy; Johnny-jump-up; love-in-idleness; Viola tricolor; heartsease.
  

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Poor"-john` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality.

   Poor-john and apple pies are all our fare. Sir J. Harrington.

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• noun 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)
  John Adams; Adams; President Adams.
  

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• noun 35th President of the United States; established the Peace Corps; assassinated in Dallas (1917-1963)
  Jack Kennedy; JFK; Kennedy; John Fitzgerald Kennedy; President Kennedy.
  

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• noun 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848)
  John Quincy Adams; Adams; President Adams.
  

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• noun the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle
  Revelation; Apocalypse; Book of Revelation.
  

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• noun United States biochemist (born in England) honored for his discovery that some genes contain introns (born in 1943)
  Roberts; Richard J. Roberts.
  

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• noun (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
  John the Divine; St. John; St. John the Apostle; John the Evangelist; Saint John; Saint John the Apostle; John.
  
• noun a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy
  Saint John River; Saint John; St. John River; St. John.
  
• noun a port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick
  Saint John; St. John.
  

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• noun a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy
  Saint John River; Saint John; St. John River; St. John.
  

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• noun (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
  John the Divine; St. John; St. John the Apostle; John the Evangelist; Saint John; Saint John the Apostle; John.
  

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• noun a port and provincial capital of Newfoundland
  Saint John's.
  
• noun the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda; located on the island of Antigua
  capital of Antigua and Barbuda; Saint John's.
  

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• noun a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean
  St. Johns; Saint Johns River; Saint Johns.
  
• noun (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
  John the Divine; St. John; St. John the Apostle; John the Evangelist; Saint John; Saint John the Apostle; John.
  
• noun a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy
  Saint John River; Saint John; St. John River; St. John.
  
• noun a port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick
  Saint John; St. John.
  

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• noun a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean
  St. Johns; Saint Johns River; Saint Johns.
  

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• noun powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute
  carob powder; carob.
  

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• noun the second New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle
  II John.
  

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• noun stiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers
  Hypericum prolificum; Hypericum spathulatum.
  

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• noun British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941)
  Arthur Evans; Evans.
  

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• noun Australian physiologist noted for his research on the conduction of impulses by nerve cells (1903-1997)
  John Eccles; Eccles.
  

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• noun British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
  Cockcroft; Sir John Cockcroft.
  

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• noun English biologist noted for studies of the molecular structure of blood components (born in 1917)
  Kendrew.
  

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• noun British physicist who (with Ernest Walton in 1931) first split an atom (1897-1967)
  Cockcroft; Sir John Cockcroft.
  

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• noun Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1829-1896)
  Millais.
  

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• noun a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays
  Falstaff.
  

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• noun English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)
  Herschel; John Herschel; Sir John Frederick William Herschel.
  

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• noun English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000)
  Gielgud; Arthur John Gielgud.
  

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• noun English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)
  Hawkins; Hawkyns; Sir John Hawkins.
  

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• noun English privateer involved in the slave trade; later helped build the fleet that in 1588 defeated the Spanish Armada (1532-1595)
  Hawkins; Hawkyns; Sir John Hawkins.
  

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• noun English astronomer (son of William Herschel) who extended the catalogue of stars to the southern hemisphere and did pioneering work in photography (1792-1871)
  Herschel; John Herschel; Sir John Frederick William Herschel.
  

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• noun Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
  John Ross; Ross.
  

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• noun English poet and courtier (1609-1642)
  Suckling.
  

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• noun English cartoonist (1820-1914)
  Tenniel.
  

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• noun English architect (1664-1726)
  Vanbrugh; John Vanbrugh.
  

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• noun English physicist who experimented with the conduction of electricity through gases and who discovered the electron and determined its charge and mass (1856-1940)
  Joseph John Thomson; Thomson.
  

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• noun a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
  Midsummer Day; June 24; Midsummer's Day.
  

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• noun the night before Midsummer Day
  June 23; Midsummer Eve; St John's Eve; Midsummer Night.
  

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• noun the night before Midsummer Day
  June 23; Midsummer Eve; St John's Eve; Midsummer Night.
  

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• noun any of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evil
  

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• noun widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber
  Guttiferae; family Guttiferae; family Clusiaceae; Clusiaceae.
  

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• noun (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
  John the Divine; St. John; St. John the Apostle; John the Evangelist; Saint John; Saint John the Apostle; John.
  
• noun a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy
  Saint John River; Saint John; St. John River; St. John.
  
• noun a port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick
  Saint John; St. John.
  

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• noun (Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407)
  John Chrysostom.
  

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• noun a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy
  Saint John River; Saint John; St. John River; St. John.
  

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• noun (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
  John the Divine; St. John; St. John the Apostle; John the Evangelist; Saint John; Saint John the Apostle; John.
  

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• noun (New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized); was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome
  John the Baptist.
  

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• noun a port and provincial capital of Newfoundland
  Saint John's.
  
• noun the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda; located on the island of Antigua
  capital of Antigua and Barbuda; Saint John's.
  

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• noun a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean
  St. Johns; Saint Johns River; Saint Johns.
  
• noun (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
  John the Divine; St. John; St. John the Apostle; John the Evangelist; Saint John; Saint John the Apostle; John.
  
• noun a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy
  Saint John River; Saint John; St. John River; St. John.
  
• noun a port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick
  Saint John; St. John.
  

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• noun a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean
  St. Johns; Saint Johns River; Saint Johns.
  

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• noun the third New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle
  III John.
  

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• noun English poet remembered for his verse for children (1873-1956)
  de la Mare; Walter de la Mare.
  

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• noun United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981)
  Haley; Bill Haley.
  

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