Joan

IPA(Pronunciation)

/d͡ʒoʊn/

Noun

archaic colloquial obsolete

(colloquial, obsolete or archaic) A placeholder or conventional name for any woman, particularly a younger lower-class woman.

Japanese Meaning

(口語、古語) 任意の女性、特に若い下層階級の女性を指す仮称・定型名

居酒屋で、詩人は花子という名の歌を書いた。花子は、笑い声が大きな若い女性を指す俗称だった。

Sense（1）

(colloquial, obsolete or archaic) A placeholder or conventional name for any woman, particularly a younger lower-class woman.

Ber. O and I forsoth in loue, I that haue been loues whip?...

Well, I will loue, write, sigh, pray, shue, grone,

Some men must loue my Ladie, and some Ione.

Sense（2）

(fashion, obsolete or archaic) A kind of close-fitting cap for women popular in the mid-18th century.

A grocer's wife attractd our eyes by a new-fashioned cap called a Joan.

Joans

（ plural ）