joan

noun

1. Fair Maid of Kent, 1328–85, wife of Edward, the Black Prince, and mother of Richard II.
2. a fictitious female pope about a.d. 855–858.
3. a female given name.

noun

1. known as the Fair Maid of Kent. 1328–85, wife of Edward the Black Prince; mother of Richard II
2. Pope legendary female pope, first mentioned in the 13th century: said to have been elected while disguised as a man and to have died in childbirth