Definition of John rock

1. Noun. United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984).

Exact synonyms: Rock
Generic synonyms: Gynaecologist, Gynecologist, Woman's Doctor

Lexicographical Neighbors of John Rock

John Muir
John Napier
John Orley Allen Tate
John Osborne
John Paul I
John Paul II
John Paul Jones
John Philip Marquand
John Philip Sousa
John Pierpont Morgan
John Q. Public
John Quincy Adams
John R. Major
John Reed
John Robinson Jeffers
John Rock
John Roebling
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
John Ross
John Rowlands
John Roy Major
John Rupert Firth
John Ruskin
John Scopes
John Scott Haldane
John Simmons Barth
John Singer Sargent
John Singleton Copley
John Smith
John Speke

Literary usage of John rock

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

1. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1866)
"METCALF, J. Shares in the stock of the Eastern Railroad Company were conveyed to the plaintiff, in due form, by john rock, but the conveyance thereof was ..."

2. The California Fruits and how to Grow Them by Edward James Wickson (1914)
"Imported by john rock from France; ovate, slightly oblique, looks a good deal like a small Mission olive; pit straight, pointed; ripens three to four weeks ..."

3. Transactions of the American Horticultural Society by American Horticultural Society, Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society (1885)
"10 Best collection of Fig Trees, not less than 12 varieties, john rock, San Jose, ... San Jose, Cal 15 Best single Fig Tree, john rock, San Jose, ..."

4. Calendar of the Quarter Sessions Papers by John William Willis Bund, Worcestershire Historical Society (1900)
"... of Stourbridge Labourer and for his keeping the peace towards john rock. XVII. 38. 50. ii April 1607. Recognizance before George Wylde by Peter Lench ..."

5. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1905)
"The following resolution, concerning the death of john rock, was also read, and a motion was made for its adoption, which was duly seconded and carried: ..."

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