Definition of John Donne

1. Noun. English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a preacher (1572-1631).

Exact synonyms: Donne
Generic synonyms: Clergyman, Man Of The Cloth, Reverend, Poet
Derivative terms: Donnean, Donnian

Lexicographical Neighbors of John Donne

John Chrysostom
John Churchill
John Ciardi
John Constable
John Copley
John D. Rockefeller
John Dalton
John Davis
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davys
John Deere
John Dewey
John Doe
John Does
John Donald Budge
John Donne (current term)
John Dory
John Dowland
John Drew
John Dryden
John Duns Scotus
John Eccles
John Edgar Hoover
John Edward Masefield
John Endecott
John Endicott
John Ernst Steinbeck
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fletcher

Literary usage of John Donne

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"His father, John Donne, of a Welsh family, was an ironmonger; his mother, Elizabeth, ... John Donne joined the expedition of Essex to Cadiz in June 1596. ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"John Donne (1573-1631) memory of Dr. Donne must not, cannot die, as long as men speak English ... had John Donne made men's spirits receptive and creative. ..."

3. Studies in Literature by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1918)
"SOME SEVENTEENTH CENTURY POETS I. John Donne I WHEN Izaak Walton first published that gem of biography, his Life of Dr. John Donne—now one in a casket of ..."

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