Joan
- Fair Maid of Kent, 1328–85, wife of Edward, the Black Prince, and mother of Richard II.
- a fictitious female pope about a.d. 855–858.
- a female given name.
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Contemporary Examples of joan
Estee Lauder has not crumbled to dust because the perfect brown face of Joan Smalls represents it.
Someone recently sent me an old Joan Didion essay on self-respect that appeared in Vogue.
We see photographs of him with his arm around Joan Jett, two punks mugging for the camera.
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One understood why Joan Fontaine stayed with him no matter what.
I first read Joan Didion in my early 20s, and that totally changed everything.
Historical Examples of joan
"But this must succeed, whatever may have happened to the others," cried Joan.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
Joan and Marguerite see a good deal of each other, you know.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
Major White knew that he would find Joan alone at the hotel.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
Perhaps Joan and he understood each other without any such display.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
Neither knew what the other thought of Joan Ferriby, or if he thought of her at all.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
Joan
- known as the Fair Maid of Kent. 1328–85, wife of Edward the Black Prince; mother of Richard II
- 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
Word Origin and History for joan
Joan
fem. proper name, originally Joanna, fem. of Johannes (see John). Often 17c.-18c. used as a generic name for a female rustic. Among U.S. births, a top 10 name for girls born between 1930 and 1937.