Saint John

Saint John, Henry. First Viscount Bolingbroke. 1678-1751.

English statesman, orator, and writer. A Jacobite, he spent much of his life in exile and wrote influential political treatises, notably The Idea of a Patriot King (1749).

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Saint John ¹  (snt)

An island of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the West Indies east of Puerto Rico. It became a Danish colony in the 1700s and passed to various European powers before Denmark sold it to the United States in 1917.

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Saint John ²  (snt)

A city of southern New Brunswick, Canada, at the mouth of the St. John River on the Bay of Fundy. First settled as a French trading post in the 1630s, it was captured by the British in 1758 and was a refuge for Loyalists after the American Revolution. Population: 68,000.

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Saint John

n usually abbreviated to St John

1. (Placename) a port in E Canada, at the mouth of the St John River: the largest city in New Brunswick. Pop.: 90 457 (1991)

2. (Placename) an island in the Caribbean, in the Virgin Islands of the US Pop.: 4197 (2000). Area: 49 sq. km (19 sq. miles)

3. (Placename) Lake. a lake in Canada, in S Quebec: drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq. km (375 sq. miles)

4. (Placename) a river in E North America, rising in Maine, US, and flowing northeast to New Brunswick, Canada, then generally southeast to the Bay of Fundy. Length: 673 km (418 miles)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Saint John - (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation John the Divine, John the Evangelist, Saint John the Apostle, St. John, St. John the Apostle, John New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
	2.	Saint John - a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy Saint John River, St. John River, St. John New Brunswick - a province in southeastern Canada Maine, ME, Pine Tree State - a state in New England
	3.	Saint John - a port in eastern Canada; the largest city in New Brunswick St. John New Brunswick - a province in southeastern Canada