john smith

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsSmithCaptain John Smith

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Questions about john smith

What does john smith mean?

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

What is another word for john smith?

Close synonyms include Smith, Captain John Smith. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is john smith a common word?

john smith is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.