(informal) Used generically for a man whose actual name may not be known. / (informal) Used frequently to form an idea personified, as in John Bull, John Barleycorn (see derivations below).

(UK, military, slang) A new recruit at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. / (US, slang, archaic) Alternative letter-case form of john: a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, or chamber pot.

(slang) A prostitute's client. / (slang, US) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.

An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from John / A township in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States, named for the many early settlers named John.

plural of John / plural of Johns

plural of John

plural of john

A surname.

A surname from German.

(Cambridge University slang) Clipping of St John's, referring to St John's College, Cambridge. / (Oxford University slang) Clipping of St John's, referring to St John's College, Oxford.