john
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
How often you will meet it
Rank 497 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 40,535 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.019% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets also: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, privy, bathroom
- youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) also: King John, John Lackland
- (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation also: Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine
- a prostitute's customer also: whoremaster, whoremonger, trick
- the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament also: Gospel According to John
john in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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John McLean had only made beginnings; he had accomplished nothing.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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John Brown, aged thirty-one, good, gentle, bashful, timid, lived in a quiet village in Missouri.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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John Jacks laughed heartily at his own expense, but his wife seemed to think the jest unmannerly.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1
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John never forgot that memorable morning when he learned for the first time what place he had taken in the school.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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John practised for some time as a barrister, but had finally settled down to the more congenial life of a country squire.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1