John

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   A male given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew]; very popular since the Middle Ages.

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

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

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   familierA 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).

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   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).

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

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   The Gospel of St John, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the fourth of the four gospels.

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   One of the books in the New Testament of the Bible, the epistles of John (1 John, 2 John and 3 John).

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   A surname originating as a patronymic.

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   argotA new recruit at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

   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.

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   An excuse, chiefly made by a losing player for their poor performance.

   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.

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   Variante de johnarchaïqueAlternative letter-case form of john (“a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, chamber pot”).

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