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English Definitions
john
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a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
John
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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)
John
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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
john
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a prostitute's customer
John
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the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament
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2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)
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English writer (1840-1893)
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Czech educational reformer (1592-1670)
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United States poet and critic (1916-1986)
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United States engineer (born in Germany) who designed and began construction of the Brooklyn bridge (1806-1869)
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United States historian who wrote a nine volume history of the people of the United States (1852-1932)
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United States physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics twice (1908-1991)
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an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
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English writer (1925-1994)
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United States actor; son of Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Barrymore (1882-1942)
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United States novelist (born in 1930)
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United States publisher and editor who compiled a book of familiar quotations (1820-1905)
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Swiss mathematician (1667-1748)
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notable English cricketer (1882-1963)
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United States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993)
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United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958)
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abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
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a man of English descent
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English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)
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Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964)
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British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792)
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United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest (1813-1890)
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Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)
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United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992)
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Swiss theologian (born in France) whose tenets (predestination and the irresistibility of grace and justification by faith) defined Presbyterianism (1509-1564)
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United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003)
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United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)
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United States explorer who mapped much of the American west and Northwest (1813-1890)
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United States writer of novels and short stories (1912-1982)
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(Roman Catholic Church) a Church Father who was a great preacher and bishop of Constantinople; a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-407)
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English general considered one of the greatest generals in history (1650-1722)
John Ciardi
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United States poet and critic (1916-1986)
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English landscape painter (1776-1837)
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American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815)
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British writer of novels about nature; one of three literary brothers (1872-1963)
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United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)
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English chemist and physicist who formulated atomic theory and the law of partial pressures; gave the first description of red-green color blindness (1766-1844)
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English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
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United States industrialist who made a fortune in the oil business and gave half of it away (1839-1937)
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English navigator who explored the Arctic while searching for the Northwest Passage (1550-1605)
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United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable for working the prairie soil (1804-1886)
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United States pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952)
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a hypothetical average man
John Doe
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an unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings
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United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)
English Definitions from WordNet 3.0
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