JOHN SMITH

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• JOHN SMITH (noun)
  The noun JOHN SMITH has 1 sense:

1. English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)

  Familiarity information: JOHN SMITH used as a noun is very rare.

• JOHN SMITH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia; was said to have been saved by Pocahontas (1580-1631)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Captain John Smith; John Smith; Smith

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))

 Context examples 

The idea of Edward's being a clergyman, and living in a small parsonage-house, diverted him beyond measure;—and when to that was added the fanciful imagery of Edward reading prayers in a white surplice, and publishing the banns of marriage between John Smith and Mary Brown, he could conceive nothing more ridiculous.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)