Usually means: English poet, dramatist, "Beggar's Opera"
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. John Gay: Merriam-Webster
  2. Gay, John: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Gay, John: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Gay, John, John Gay: Dictionary.com
  5. John Gay (philosopher), John Gay (photographer), John Gay (screenwriter), John Gay (surgeon): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Gay, John: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. John Gay, John Gay: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. John Gay: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gay, John: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gay, John, John Gay: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gay, John: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (John Gay)

noun:  (30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732) an English poet and dramatist and member of the Scriblerus Club.
noun:  (born Hans Ludwig Göhler: 2 September 1909 in Karlsruhe, Germany – died 24 January 1999 in Highgate, London) a photographer.
noun:  an English poet and dramatist.
noun:  (April 1, 1924 – February 4, 2017) an American screenwriter, born in Whittier, California.
noun:  John Gay, a cousin of the poet John Gay, was an English philosopher, biblical scholar and Church of England clergyman.
noun:  (1813 – 15 September 1885) an English surgeon.
noun:  (died March 4, 1688) a prominent early settler and selectman in Dedham, Massachusetts.
noun:  John Eamon Gay (born 7 November 1996) is a Canadian track and field Olympic Finalist who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.


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