say it: JAHN-suhn
johnson is a noun meaning "English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)". It carries 3 recorded senses.
English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)
36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)
17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for johnson come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.