KING JOHN

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• KING JOHN (noun)
  The noun KING JOHN has 1 sense:

1. 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)

  Familiarity information: KING JOHN used as a noun is very rare.

• KING JOHN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

John; John Lackland; King John

Instance hypernyms:

King of England; King of Great Britain (the sovereign ruler of England)

Holonyms ("King John" is a member of...):

Plantagenet; Plantagenet line (the family name of a line of English kings that reigned from 1154 to 1485)

 Context examples 

I have not seen so dense a throng since the day that we brought King John down Cheapside.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There are some who say, sire, said the burly De Clisson, that the score is already overpaid, for that without Gascon help Bertrand had not been taken at Auray, nor had King John been overborne at Poictiers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)