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  1. noun
    a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
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  2. noun
    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)
  3. noun
    a prostitute's customer
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    (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
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    the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament
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  • father (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom
  • john 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)
  • james (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of the Epistle of James in the New Testament
  • johnny `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
  • jordan a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan
  • ross British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
  • mill Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)
  • lawrence a town in northeastern Kansas on the Kansas River; scene of raids by John Brown in 1856
  • rebel `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
  • wesley English clergyman and brother of John Wesley who wrote many hymns (1707-1788)
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