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John Henry   /dʒɑn hˈɛnri/   Listen
John Henry

noun
1.
Hero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill.



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... second lieutenant; Josias Miles and Thomas King, lieutenants; Hugh Douglass, ensign; Isaac Vandevanter, lieutenant; John Dodd, ensign. May, 1778: George Summers and Charles G. Eskridge, colonels; William McClellan, Robert McClain and John Henry, captains; Samuel Cox, major; Frans Russell, James Beavers, Scarlet Burkley, Moses Thomas, Henry Farnsworth, John Russell, Gustavus Elgin, John Miller, Samuel Butcher, Joshua Botts, John Williams, ...
— History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia • James W. Head



Words linked to "John Henry" :   fictitious character, John Henry Newman, John Henry O'Hara, fictional character, character



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