john

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|slang|US}} A [[prostitute]]'s [[client]].
2. {{lb|en|slang|US}} A [[device]] or [[place]] for [[urination]] and [[defecation]]: [[now]] [[usually]] a [[toilet]] or [[lavatory]], but [[also]] {{label|en|dated}} a [[chamber pot]] or [[outhouse]].
3. {{lb|en|slang}} A [[Western]] [[man]] [[travel]]ing in [[East Asia]].
4. A [[male]] [[mule]].

Proper noun

1. {{given name|en|male|from=the Bible < Hebrew}}''; very popular since the Middle Ages.''
2. {{lb|en|biblical}} Persons of the Christian Bible: [[John the Baptist]]; and names possibly referring to one, two or three persons, frequently called "Saint": {{w|John the Apostle}}, {{w|John the Evangelist}} and {{w|John of Patmos}} (also called John the Divine or John the Theologian).
3. {{senseid|en|Q36766}} {{lb|en|biblical}} The Gospel of St John, a book of the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]]. Traditionally the fourth of the four [[gospel]]s.
4. {{lb|en|biblical}} One of the books in the [[New Testament]] of the [[Bible]], the [[epistle]]s of John ([[1 John]], [[2 John]] and [[3 John]]).
5. {{surname|en|from=patronymics}}.

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