1. A room or building equipped with one or more toilets
   "He excused himself to use the john";
   - toilet, lavatory, lav [informal], can [N. Amer, informal], bathroom, water closet [Brit, archaic], closet [archaic], W.C. [Brit], loo [Brit, informal], jacks [Ireland, informal], bog [Brit, informal]
    
2. A prostitute's customer
   "The undercover officer posed as a john to gather evidence against the illegal brothel";
   - trick

1. (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation
   - Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine
    
2. The last of the four Gospels in the New Testament
   - Gospel of John, Gospel According to John
    
3. 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)
   - King John, John Lackland

Derived forms: johns, Johns

Type of: Apostle, book, client, customer, evangel, Evangelist, Gospel, Gospels, King of England, King of Great Britain, room, saint

Part of: New Testament, Plantagenet, Plantagenet line

Encyclopedia: John, Lord of Alba de Tormes