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. known as the Fair Maid of Kent. 1328–85, wife of Edward the Black Prince; mother of Richard II

2. 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

I mean, I was 21, reading Joan Didion and watching “Barefoot Contessa,” trying to learn how to be the kind of woman whose life appeared edited.

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It's considered the "four by four" version of the Arctic dog class because they're used to pulling heavy weights for long distances, according to Joan Sheehan from The Alaskan Malamute Club of the UK.

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Indeed, in California he would meet many other famous people, starting with Joan Didion, a not-yet-famous friend of his sister.

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“I am eager for fans to see the stadium,” Barcelona president Joan Laporta said recently.

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The full, emotionally bruising force of the play emerges in the second act, after Joan, who has been unable to find peace, decides that nursing anger at Jacob and the judicial system will never bring her and David satisfaction, and it might be better to try another path.

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