Joan

American  

[john] / dʒoʊn /

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.

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Joan British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

But Slavia drew level just before half-time as Lewandowski deflected a corner into Joan Garcia's net.

From Barron's

Blackstone’s head of private wealth Joan Solotar said the firm had changed its education practices to better inform clients about withdrawal limits, and its BDC, called BCRED, quickly grew to about $79 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Reminds me of Hurricane Joan,” she said, her thin voice barely audible over the storm.

From Literature

“Came straight across Nicaragua in 1988. Wiped out all the trees and farms. Washed away all the roads and bridges. Destroyed everybody’s houses. Joan came just as the civil war was ending, when we already had next to nothing. There was no government to aid us, so we shared what we had with each other. It helped, but it wasn’t enough. So I came here, to el norte. I miss some of the way things were before. But now my children are better off than I ever was.”

From Literature

After “Game of Thrones,” Turner played Marvel superhero Jean Grey in “X-Men: Apocalypse” and “Dark Phoenix,” real-life jewel thief Joan Hannington in the limited series “Joan” and an actor forced to survive a home invasion in last year’s “Trust.”

From Los Angeles Times