(n)German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468), Syn.Johannes Gutenberg, Johann Gutenberg
n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, Heb. Y&ebreve_;hōkhānān, Yōkhānān, i. e., one whom Jehovah has blessed; hence F. Jean, E. John. ] (Numis.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe. [ 1913 Webster ]
[古登堡, Gǔ dēng bǎo, ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄥ ㄅㄠˇ]Gutenberg (name); Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press; Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale#519517[Add to Longdo]