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 ]

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