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Johns has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

United States artist and proponent of pop art (born in 1930)

"The gallery opened a retrospective dedicated to Johns, showcasing his iconic target paintings and monograms created since the early 1950s."

2

plural of John

"The rowing club had three new johns joining the team this season."

Proper Noun
1

An English patronymic surname, from given names derived from John

"The census records show that many families in Yorkshire adopted Johns as their surname when they began using it to identify themselves by their father's name."

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Origin

The term johns is a slang word derived from the name John, likely originating as a euphemism for urinals found in public restrooms named after him. It may also be an alteration of the surname Jones, which was once commonly used to refer to such facilities.

Rhyming Words
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