JOHN

A proper name of a man. John-apple, a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as Apple-john. -- John Bull, an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people. -- John Bullism, English character. W. Irving. -- John Doe (Law), the name formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in an action of ejectment. Mozley & W. -- John Doree, John Dory. Etym: [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.

A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle Ages. | A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle Ages. | Used generically for a man whose actual name may not be known. | A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle Ages. | Used frequently to form an idea personified, as in John Bull, John Barleycorn (see derivations below). | 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). | The Gospel of St John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels. | One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John). | A surname originating as a patronymic.

A new recruit at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. | Alternative letter-case form of john (“a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, chamber pot”). | An excuse, chiefly made by a losing player for their poor performance.

A prostitute's client. | A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse. | A Western man traveling in East Asia. | A male mule.