[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

john \john\ jo^n, n. see johannes.
   a proper name of a man.
   1913 webster

   john-apple, a sort of apple ripe about st. john's day. same
      as apple-john.

   john bull, an ideal personification of the typical
      characteristics of an englishman, or of the english
      people.

   john bullism, english character. --w. irving.

   john doe law, the name formerly given to the fictitious
      plaintiff in an action of ejectment. --mozley  w.

   john doree, john dory. john or f. jaune yellow +
      doree, dory. zool. an oval, compressed, european food
      fish zeus faber. its color is yellow and olive, with
      golden, silvery, and blue reflections. it has a round dark
      spot on each side. called also dory, doree, and st.
      peter's fish.
      1913 webster
see also:
johannes john-apple apple-john john bull john bullism john doe 
john doree john dory zeus faber dory doree 
st. peter's fish 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bull \bull\, n. oe. bule, bul, bole; akin to d. bul, g. bulle,
   icel. boli, lith. bullus, lett. bollis, russ. vol'; prob. fr.
   the root of as. bellan, e. bellow.
   1. zool. the male of any species of cattle bovidae;
      hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant;
      also, the male of the whale.
      1913 webster

   note: the wild bull of the old testament is thought to be the
         oryx, a large species of antelope.
         1913 webster

   2. one who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or
      action. --ps. xxii. 12.
      1913 webster

   3. astron.
      a taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
      b a constellation of the zodiac between aries and
          gemini. it contains the pleiades.
          1913 webster

                at last from aries rolls the bounteous sun,
                and the bright bull receives him. --thomson.
          1913 webster

   4. stock exchange one who operates in expectation of a rise
      in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise.
      see 4th bear, n., 5.
      1913 webster

   5. a ludicrously false statement; nonsense. also used as an
      expletive. vulgar

   syn: bullshit, irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, crapola,
        bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, nonsense, rot, tommyrot,
        balderdash, hogwash, dogshit.
        wordnet 1.5

   bull baiting, the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering
      them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them.

   john bull, a humorous name for the english, collectively;
      also, an englishman. "good-looking young john bull." --w.
      d.howells.

   to take the bull by the horns, to grapple with a difficulty
      instead of avoiding it.
      1913 webster
see also:
bovidae bear bull baiting john bull to take the bull by the horns 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

john bull
     n : a man of english descent syn: limey
see also:
limey 

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