St. John

American  

[seynt jon, sin-juhn] / ˌseɪnt ˈdʒɒn, ˈsɪn dʒən /

noun

1. Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke. Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.

2. an island of the Virgin Islands of the United States, in the E West Indies. About 20 sq. mi. (52 sq. km).

3. Lake, a lake in SE Canada, in Quebec province, draining into the Saguenay River. 365 sq. mi. (945 sq. km).

4. a river in the NE United States and SE Canada, flowing NE and E from Maine to New Brunswick province and then S to the Bay of Fundy. 450 miles (725 km) long.

5. a seaport in S New Brunswick, in SE Canada, on the Bay of Fundy, at the mouth of the St. John River.

6. St. John's.

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St John British  

/ ˈsɪndʒən /

noun

1. Henry. See (1st Viscount) Bolingbroke

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Example Sentences

Closely cropped and dramatically lighted, the tight composition gives the familiar scene a new immediacy and intimacy, leavened by the playful interaction of the Christ child and St. John.

From The Wall Street Journal

The peripatetic, polarizing basketball coach steers St. John’s to its first Sweet 16 in 27 seasons.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Garden has roared anew as St. John’s has surged to relevance with a pair of Big East tournament championships, the most recent of which involved a 20-point thumping of Connecticut.

From The Wall Street Journal

St. John’s won the Big East for the second straight season last week.

From The Wall Street Journal

No. 1-ranked St. John Bosco began Trinity League baseball play on Tuesday the same way it has done early in the season — with more good pitching.

From Los Angeles Times