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johnson

/ˈd͡ʒɑnsən/

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What does johnson mean?

noun

  1. (slang) Penis.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of johnson (“penis”).

proper noun

  1. A patrilineal surname transferred from the given name. The second most common surname in the United States.
More meanings (19)

proper noun

  1. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  2. A township in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
  3. A locality in Cochise County, Arizona.
  4. A city in Washington County, Arkansas.
  5. An unincorporated community in Sussex County, Delaware.
  6. An unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana.
  7. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
  8. A minor city in Big Stone County, Minnesota.
  9. A village in Nemaha County, Nebraska.
  10. A hamlet in Orange County, New York.
  11. An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Ohio.
  12. A town in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.
  13. A ghost town in Kane County, Utah.
  14. A town and village therein, in Lamoille County, Vermont.
  15. An unincorporated community in Whitman County, Washington.
  16. An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia.
  17. A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  18. An unincorporated community in the town of Easton, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  19. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Johnson Township.
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Nathan Johnson, mine host, placed great emphasis upon this necessity, and wished me to allow him to select a name for me.
Frederick DouglassCollected Articles of Frederick DouglassProject Gutenberg ebook #99
Then Dr. Johnson blandly assured us that education was needed solely for the embellishments of life, and was useless for ordinary vermin.
VariousThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial IssueProject Gutenberg ebook #206
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I lived at the Hôtel de la Fleur, and Mrs. Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.
W. Somerset (William Somerset) MaughamThe Moon and SixpenceProject Gutenberg ebook #222
Then Dr. Johnson blandly assured us that education was needful solely for the embellishments of life, and was useless for ordinary vermin.
W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkProject Gutenberg ebook #408
They then insisted upon Mr. Johnson taking some of their refreshments, which of course he did, out of courtesy to the ladies.
William Craft; Ellen CraftRunning a Thousand Miles for Freedom Or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from SlaveryProject Gutenberg ebook #585