noun
1. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
• Syn: ↑John, ↑Saint John, ↑Saint John the Apostle, ↑St. John the Apostle, ↑John the Evangelist, ↑John the Divine
• Topics: ↑New Testament
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Apostle, ↑Evangelist, ↑saint
2. a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy
• Syn: ↑Saint John, ↑Saint John River, ↑St. John River
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑river
• Part Holonyms: ↑Maine, ↑Pine Tree State, ↑ME, ↑New Brunswick
3. a port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick
• Syn: ↑Saint John
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center, ↑port
• Part Holonyms: ↑New Brunswick
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/saynt' jon"/; for 1 also /sin"jeuhn/
1. Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. See Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
2. an island of the Virgin Islands of the United States, in the E West Indies. 2300; ab. 20 sq. mi. (52 sq. km).
3. Lake, a lake in SE Canada, in Quebec province, draining into the Saguenay River. 365 sq. mi. (945 sq. km).
4. a river in the NE United States and SE Canada, flowing NE and E from Maine to New Brunswick province and then S to the Bay of Fundy. 450 mi. (725 km) long.
5. a seaport in S New Brunswick, in SE Canada, on the Bay of Fundy, at the mouth of the St. John River. 80,521.
6. See St. John's.
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1) an island in the Caribbean Sea, one of the three principal islands of the U.S. Virgin Islands
2) (usu. Saint John) a city in New Brunswick, in eastern Canada, a port on the Bay of Fundy, at the mouth of the St. John River; pop. 74,969
Useful english dictionary. 2012.