john henry | (n) 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 |
newman | (n) English prelate and theologian who (with John Keble and Edward Pusey) founded the Oxford movement; Newman later turned to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal (1801-1890), Syn. John Henry Newman, Cardinal Newman |
o'hara | (n) United States writer (1905-1970), Syn. John Henry O'Hara |