Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A familiar name for a country girl.
- noun A woman's close cap, worn in the latter part of the eighteenth century.
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- proper noun A female
given name , a feminine form ofJohn , via LatinJohanna .
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Examples
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This Joan is an energetic, ordinary, irritating lass in all ways but one: her belief.
London Theater Journal: A Woman Among Men - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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This Joan is an energetic, ordinary, irritating lass in all ways but one: her belief.
London Theater Journal: A Woman Among Men - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Republique! my Joan is a great democrat or rather will be.
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& must pay dear rent. vivè La Republique! — my Joan is a great democrat or rather will be. did you ever read Harriss life of Cromwell?
Letter 53 1794
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Joan is severely brain injured and will undoubtedly have a long and stormy medical course.
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: How Doctors Talk With Families M.D. Richard C. Senelick 2010
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Joan is severely brain injured and will undoubtedly have a long and stormy medical course.
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: How Doctors Talk With Families M.D. Richard C. Senelick 2010
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Joan is severely brain injured and will undoubtedly have a long and stormy medical course.
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: How Doctors Talk With Families M.D. Richard C. Senelick 2010
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He had wondered if his belligerent love declaration might have aroused some womanly self-consciousness in Joan, but he looked in vain for any sign of it.
Chapter 21 2010
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Tudor too obviously joyed in Joan's presence, too obviously laid himself out to amuse and fascinate her with his own glorious and adventurous personality.
Chapter 26 2010
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Joan is severely brain injured and will undoubtedly have a long and stormy medical course.
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.: How Doctors Talk With Families M.D. Richard C. Senelick 2010
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