Jackson (n.)

  1. English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)

    [ Syn: jackson , glenda jackson ]

  2. capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River

    [ Syn: jackson , capital of mississippi ]

  3. a town in south central Michigan

    [ Syn: jackson ]

  4. United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958)

    [ Syn: jackson , michael jackson , michael joe jackson ]

  5. United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972)

    [ Syn: jackson , mahalia jackson ]

  6. United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941)

    [ Syn: jackson , jesse jackson , jesse louis jackson ]

  7. United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885)

    [ Syn: jackson , helen hunt jackson , helen maria fiske hunt jackson ]

  8. general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)

    [ Syn: jackson , thomas jackson , thomas j. jackson , thomas jonathan jackson , stonewall jackson ]

  9. 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)

    [ Syn: jackson , andrew jackson , old hickory ]

  10. a town in western Wyoming

    [ Syn: jackson ]

  11. a town in western Tennessee

    [ Syn: jackson ]

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