John of Leyden
John of Leyden
noun
(Jan Beuckelszoon or Bockhold) 1509–36, Dutch Anabaptist.
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n noun
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John of, John of Leyden.
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a Dutch cheese similar to Edam, often flavored with caraway seeds, cumin, cinnamon, or cloves.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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John of Leyden (ˈlaɪdən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| original name Jan Bockelson. ?1509--36, Dutch Anabaptist leader. He established a theocracy in Münster (1534) but was tortured to death after the city was recaptured (1535) by its prince bishop | |
| Leiden or Leyden (ˈlaɪdən, Dutch ˈlɛidə, ˈlaɪdən, Dutch ˈlɛidə) | |
| —n | |
| a city in the W Netherlands, in South Holland province: residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620; university (1575). Pop: 118 000 (2003 est) | |
| Leyden or Leyden | |
| —n | |
| Leyden1 (ˈlaɪdən, Dutch ˈlɛidə) | |
| —n | |
| a variant spelling of Leiden | |
| Leyden2 (ˈlaɪdən) | |
| —n | |
| See Lucas van Leyden | |
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