- John
- JohnJohn1 [jän]n.[ME Jon < OFr Johan, Jehan, Jan < ML Johannes < LL(Ec) Joannes < Gr(Ec) Iōannes < Heb yōhānān, contr. < yehōhānān, lit., Yahweh is gracious]1. a masculine name: dim. Jack, Johnnie, Johnny; equiv. Fr. Jean, Ger. Hans, Johann, Johannes, Ir. Sean, Shane, Shawn, It. Giovanni, Pol. Jan, Russ. Ivan, Scot. Iain, Ian, Jock, Sp. Juan, Welsh Evan; fem. Jane, Jean, Jeanne, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna2. Biblea) one of the twelve Apostles and one of the four Evangelists, to whom is ascribed the fourth Gospel, the three Letters of John, and the Book of Revelation: his day is Dec. 27: also Saint John the Divineb) the fourth book of the New Testament: abbrev. Jnc) any of the three Letters of John3. Bible JOHN THE BAPTISTJohn2 [jän]1. (called John Lackland) 1167?-1216; king of England (1199-1216): forced by his barons to sign the Magna Carta: son of Henry II2. John III (born John Sobieski) 1624-96; king of Poland (1674-96)3. John XXIII (born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) 1881-1963; pope (1958-63)4. Augustus (Edwin) 1879-1961; Eng. painter
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.