John

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  1. John 1 Known as John Lackland. 1167?-1216. 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 (June 15, 1215).
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  3. John, Saint. Known as "the Evangelist” or "the Divine.” fl. first century A.D. 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.

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  • If brother John is as well and hearty as cousin Frank, he is a clever boy. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Diary of Anna Green Winslow, by Anna Green Winslow
  • "However, I once saw a photograph of the partner, Warner What was Warner's first name John--John Warner." —  162 - Three Times a Corpse
  • My brother John was accountant to the South Australian Railways, then not a very great department—I think the line stretched as far as Kapunda to the north from Port Adelaide. —  An Autobiography
  • He would have us believe that the Homo superior mutation occurred more or less simultaneously among humans of widely varying races: John is English, but his companions include not only French and Russian superbeings and a Swede but also an Ethiopian, some Chinese, a Turk, a surprising number of Tibetans, and some others. —  Asimov'sSF,April-May2008
  • You would not be forced to pledge yourself to anything further; but we could talk it over It need hardly be said that Miss Mackenzie, as she read this, declared to herself that she had no desire to talk over her own position with Lady Ball any further John is afraid," the letter went on to say, "that he offended you by the manner of his proposition; and that he said too much about the children, and not enough about his own affection. —  Miss Mackenzie
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  1. Middle English, from Old French Jehan, from Late Latin Ioannes, Iohannes, from Greek Iōannēs, from Hebrew yôḥānān, Yahweh has been gracious : yô, Yahweh; see hwy in Semitic roots + ḥānan, he has been gracious; see ḥnn in Semitic roots.

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  1. The h is in English a mere insertion, in imitation of the Middle Latin form; properly Jon (as in Jonson, etc.: cf. Janson, Jenkins, etc.), from Middle English Jon, also Jan, from Old French Jan, Jean, Jehan, Johan, etc., modern F. Jean = Spanish Juan = Portuguese João = Italian Giovanni, Gianni (later English zany, q. v.), Gian = Anglo-Saxon Iohannes = Dutch Jan, Hans = German Johann, Hans = Danish Swedish Johan, Hans, etc., = Welsh Efan (later English Evan, Bvans, Ivins, etc.) = Russian Ivan, etc. (in all European languages); from Middle Latin Johannes, Joannes, Late Latin Joannes, from Greek )Ιωάννης (with accommodation Greek termination), from Hebrew Yōhānān, John, literally ‘Jehovah hath been gracious.’ This name owes its wide currency primarily to the impression which the character of John the Baptist made upon the popular imagination in the middle ages; Baptist alone is also a common name in southern Europe. Owing to the extreme frequency of John as a given name, it came to be used, like its accepted English synonym Jack, as a common appellative for a man or boy of common or menial condition, and, in its different national forms, English John, French Jean, D. and G. Hans, etc., has served as a popular collective name for the whole people.
 

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