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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

John

/(jŏn)/ · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɑn/
01 n. A proper name of a man.
  1. 1.
    A proper name of a man.
Phrases & compounds
John-apple — a sort of apple ripe about St. John's Day. Same as Apple-john.
John Bull — an ideal personification of the typical characteristics of an Englishman, or of the English people.
John Bullism — English character.
John Doe — the name formerly given to the fictitious plaintiff in an action of ejectment.
John Doree — An oval, compressed, European food fish (Zeus faber). Its color is yellow and olive, with golden, silvery, and blue reflections. It has a round dark spot on each side. Called also dory, doree, and St. Peter's fish.