Scottish and English: distinguishing epithet for the smallest
of two or more bearers of the common personal name
John. Compare Meiklejohn. In some cases the nickname may
have been bestowed on a large man, irrespective of his actual personal
name, in allusion to the character in the Robin Hood legend, whose
nickname was of ironic application.Translation of French
Jeanpetit.
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