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Meaning:

Noun:

  • slang A name often used as a generic reference to a male of European, North-American, or Australian origin, while travelling in East Asia.
  • slang An outhouse privy. Also johnny house.
  • slang A prostitute's client.
  • US A lavatory, toilet.

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Proper noun:

  • biblical One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).
  • biblical The Gospel of St. John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels.
  • biblical Two persons of great importance to early Christianity: John the Apostle, identified with John the Evangelist.
  • male|from=Hebrew very popular since the Middle Ages.
  • informal A name used to address a man whose actual name is not known: John Doe.
  • informal Used frequently to form an idea personified John Bull, John Barleycorn (see derivations below).

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