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Meaning of jones

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Jones
      n 1: United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to
           found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930) [syn:
           {Jones}, {Mother Jones}, {Mary Harris Jones}]
      2: 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) [syn:
         {Jones}, {Casey Jones}, {John Luther Jones}]
      3: United States golfer (1902-1971) [syn: {Jones}, {Bobby
         Jones}, {Robert Tyre Jones}]
      4: American naval commander in the American Revolution
         (1747-1792) [syn: {Jones}, {John Paul Jones}]
      5: one of the first great English architects and a theater
         designer (1573-1652) [syn: {Jones}, {Inigo Jones}]
      6: English phonetician (1881-1967) [syn: {Jones}, {Daniel
         Jones}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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