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# john

«john» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a boy's or man's name, one of the most common in English** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (John — a name; john — slang for a toilet, American)

### meaning for a pupil

1) John is a boy's or man's name, one of the most common in English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/john/#m1)

2) In American slang, the john means the toilet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/john/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, a name of a person in the story only. In stories and history, many kings, saints and famous people are called John. Phrases: «John Doe» (American, for an unknown person).

### examples

- Proofed, formatted and Unicode transliteration by John Bruno Hare. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/john/#x1)
- Some are of the opinion that John Reuchlin, while others maintain that Paul Riccius was the author of it. (See Wolfii Biblioth. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/john/#x2)
- John has 10 apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/john/#x3)
- John buys 4 more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/john/#x4)
- John is 3 years older than Mary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/john/#x5)
- John and his sister walk to school together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/john/#x6)
- King John lived in England long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/john/#x7)
- John's football shirt has the number 9. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/john/#x8)

### note

As a name, write it with a capital J: John. Short forms: Johnny, Jack. A name only; it carries no clue. Keep track of whose amount is John's. Trap: «John is 3 years older than Mary» means add 3 to Mary's age to get John's.

### In the corpora

- ["The john" is American slang for the toilet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/19/)
- [In 1215 English barons forced King John to accept Magna Carta, which said that even the king must obey the law.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/8/)
- [John's Gospel calls Jesus' miracles «signs», because they point to who Jesus is.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/7/)
- [At a wedding in Cana Jesus turned water into wine when the wine ran out; John calls it his first sign.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/16-the-miracles-of-jesus/8/)
- [The First Letter of John in the Bible says «God is love» (1 John 4:8).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/21-god-jesus-and-the-holy-spirit/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «john» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/john/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.