Associations to the word «Johnston»

Wiktionary

JOHNSTON, proper noun. A Scottish habitational surname from a place in Dumfriesshire, meaning "John's town".
JOHNSTON, proper noun. An English surname, variant of Johnson.

Dictionary definition

JOHNSTON, noun. Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats