JOHN THE BAPTIST as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (New Testament) a preacher and hermit and forerunner of Jesus (whom he baptized)
   • was beheaded by Herod at the request of Salome
   Synonym(s)
   • St. John the Baptist (what does St. John the Baptist mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) John the Baptist is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hermit (what does hermit mean?)
   • recluse (what does recluse mean?)
   • solitary (what does solitary mean?)
   • solitudinarian (what does solitudinarian mean?)
   • troglodyte (what does troglodyte mean?)
   • saint (what does saint mean?)