Joan

[ john ]

noun

1. Fair Maid of Kent, 1328–85, wife of Edward, the Black Prince, and mother of Richard II.
2. a fictitious female pope about a.d. 855–858.
3. a female given name.

Joan

/ dʒəʊn /

noun

1. Joan13281385FEnglishPOLITICS: royal family member known as the Fair Maid of Kent. 1328–85, wife of Edward the Black Prince; mother of Richard II
2. Joan, Pope13th century13th centuryFRELIGION: pope Pope legendary female pope, first mentioned in the 13th century: said to have been elected while disguised as a man and to have died in childbirth

Example Sentences

Estee Lauder has not crumbled to dust because the perfect brown face of Joan Smalls represents it.

From The Daily Beast

Someone recently sent me an old Joan Didion essay on self-respect that appeared in Vogue.

From The Daily Beast

We see photographs of him with his arm around Joan Jett, two punks mugging for the camera.

From The Daily Beast

One understood why Joan Fontaine stayed with him no matter what.

From The Daily Beast

I first read Joan Didion in my early 20s, and that totally changed everything.

From The Daily Beast

Joan Boughton, a widow, was burned for heresy; said to be the first female martyr of England.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he clapped his fiddle under his chin and without more ado struck up "Bobbing Joan."

From Project Gutenberg

This was when Don Joan Ronquillo, with that great fleet, went out and fought the one that the enemy maintained along these coasts.

From Project Gutenberg

Joan Henry Ursinus died; a Lutheran divine, eminent for his learning in sacred and profane history.

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I confess I speedily lost consciousness of the human presences beside me, and I have little doubt Joan did too.

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