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Mess-Johns

Mess-Johns is the plural of Mess-John.

Meaning of Mess-John

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

Questions about Mess-Johns

What is Mess-Johns the plural of?
Mess-Johns is the plural of Mess-John.

Words near Mess-Johns in the dictionary

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

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