Meaning of John | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle Ages.
2. John (Biblical character)
3. A prostitute's client.
   US, slang
4. A new recruit at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
   UK, slang
5. Used generically for a man whose actual name may not be known.
   informal
6. a male given name, equivalent to English John or Sean
7. A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.
   US, slang
8. One of the 12 Apostles and the brother of James the Great. He is traditionally considered the author of the fourth Gospel, three epistles, and the book of Revelation.
9. Alternative letter-case form of john (“a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, chamber pot”).
   US, alt-of, archaic, slang
10. John (book of the New Testament)
11. A Western man traveling in East Asia.
    slang
12. Used frequently to form an idea personified, as in John Bull, John Barleycorn (see derivations below).
    informal
13. King of England (1199-1216). The youngest son of Henry II, he schemed against his father and his brother Richard I. During his reign, the English lost most of their possessions in France. The nobility rose against John and forced him to sign the Magna Carta (1215).
14. An excuse, chiefly made by a losing player for their poor performance.
15. A male mule.
16. Persons of the Christian Bible: John the Baptist; and names possibly referring to one, two or three persons, frequently called "Saint": John the Apostle, John the Evangelist and John of Patmos (also called John the Divine or John the Theologian).
17. See Table at Bible.
18. The Gospel of St John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels.
19. John XXIII, (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) 1881–1963, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1958–63.
    Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
20. A toilet.
21. One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).
22. A prostitute's customer.
23. A surname originating as a patronymic.
24. chiefly US and Canadian a slang word for lavatory1
    chiefly
25. slang chiefly US a prostitute's client
    slang
26. slang Austral short for John Hop
    slang
27. (Biography) New Testament a. JohnMJewishRELIGION: apostleRELIGION: saintthe apostle John, the son of Zebedee, identified with the author of the fourth Gospel, three epistles, and the book of Revelation. Feast day: Dec 27 or Sept 26
    New Testament

Equivalents

Examples

“The girls sat there while the johns (customers) moped around giving them the once-over.”

“Well she's black as coal, but she burn like a fire, And she wrap herself around you like a well-worn tire. You feel her nail scratch your back just like a rake, Oh oh, he one more gone, he one more john who make the mistake.”

“In the first part of the video, Thad sucks the john's cock and takes a load in his mouth.”

“In-calls, where the john comes to the prostitute’s residence, are prohibited.”

“John is a most excellent name, and Smith is a surname which is worthy of respect and honor, but wo to the man on whom they are conjoined! For John Smith to aspire to senatorial dignities or to the laurel of a poet is simply ridiculous. Who is John Smith? He is lost in the multitude of John Smiths, and individual fame is impossible.”

“The name I refer to is John. It has been borne by many illustrious men and an innumerable multitude of the obscure. - - - It is as fixed as the English landscape and the procession of seasons. It never becomes wearisome or tarnished. Nothing affects it; nothing can bring it into contempt; it stands like a rock amid the turbulent waves of human history, as fine and noble a thing now as it was when it first took shape on human lips. It is a name to live up to; but if one who bears it sinks into disrepute it falls not with him, but rather stays in the firmament above him, shining down upon him like a reproachful star.”

“The vote was 54-46. The vote was mostly along party lines though Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania joined Republicans in supporting Bondi.”

“a John Doe murder case; the dreaded Dear John letter; if we were to ask John Q. Public his opinion”

“There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.”

“I and the other "Johns," as I soon discovered all new-comers at Sandhurst were, and are still, styled, although at the time I was unconscious of it, managed to troop in after the A company, but although not two minutes after them, found all the different messes already seated and hard at work.”

“To avoid bullying, first-year “Johns” (from Johnny Raw) “fagged” for senior classmen known as “Regs.” Fagging included making beds, running messages, and smuggling contraband.”

“Remember, no Johns.”

“This is the sound of a John. A John. He wants to wait.”

“Bursting from the inaudible chatter of many smiling faces, a thunderous voice emerges, “No Johns, son!””

“You never know, I might show up to challenge you someday. And if we ever do get to go head to head: Please, no Johns.”

“I didn’t get any hand warmers. I didn’t warm up properly. I didn’t get enough sleep last night. There’s television lag. These are some of the Johns that [D'ron "D1"] Maingrette says he’s heard over the years.”

“Some "Johns" have become universal among Smash players. Some prominent "Johns" include: controller issues, not enough sleep, food, or water, a cold venue, or a lack of warmup time.”

“i have a lot of new opinions on the mechanics of the game. I KNOW it sounds like a john but ill probably talk about it later”

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