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Mess-John

Mess-John noun: a domestic chaplain.

Noun

Mess-John (plural Mess-Johns)

  1. (obsolete) A domestic chaplain.
    • I should only stipulate that these new Mess-Johns in robes and coronets should keep some sort of bounds in the democratic and levelling principles which are expected from their titled pulpits.1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC

Forms of Mess-John

pluralMess-Johns

Origin of Mess-John

From mess (“mass”).

Questions about Mess-John

What does Mess-John mean?
Mess-John means a domestic chaplain.
What part of speech is Mess-John?
Mess-John is a noun.
What is the plural of Mess-John?
The plural of Mess-John is Mess-Johns.

Words near Mess-John in the dictionary

  1. mess uniforms
  2. mess up
  3. mess with
  4. mess with the bull and you get the horns
  5. mess with the bull, get the horns
  6. Mess-John
  7. Mess-Johns
  8. mess-kitted
  9. mess-up
  10. mess-ups
  11. messa

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