Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
youngest son of Henry II;
King of England from 1199 to 1216;
succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I;
lost his French possessions;
in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216);
[syn: John, King John, John Lackland]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
King John
n 1: youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to
1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother
Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was
compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216)
[syn: John, King John, John Lackland]