English dictionary
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English noun: Jones | |||
| 1. | Jones (person) United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930) | ||
| Synonyms | Mary Harris Jones, Mother Jones | ||
| Instance hypernym | labor leader | ||
| 2. | Jones (person) United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900) | ||
| Synonyms | Casey Jones, John Luther Jones | ||
| Instance hypernym | engine driver, engineer, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer | ||
| 3. | Jones (person) United States golfer (1902-1971) | ||
| Synonyms | Bobby Jones, Robert Tyre Jones | ||
| Instance hypernym | golf player, golfer, linksman | ||
| 4. | Jones (person) American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792) | ||
| Synonyms | John Paul Jones | ||
| Instance hypernym | naval commander | ||
| 5. | Jones (person) one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652) | ||
| Synonyms | Inigo Jones | ||
| Instance hypernym | architect, designer | ||
| 6. | Jones (person) English phonetician (1881-1967) | ||
| Synonyms | Daniel Jones | ||
| Instance hypernym | phonetician | ||
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