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jones
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Noun jones has 6 senses
- jones(n = noun.person) mary harris jones, mother jones - United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930); Array is a kind of labor leader
- jones(n = noun.person) casey jones, john luther jones - 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); Array is a kind of engine driver, engineer, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer
- jones(n = noun.person) bobby jones, robert tyre jones - United States golfer (1902-1971); Array is a kind of golf player, golfer, linksman
- jones(n = noun.person) john paul jones - American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792); Array is a kind of naval commander
- jones(n = noun.person) inigo jones - one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652); Array is a kind of architect, designer
- jones(n = noun.person) daniel jones - English phonetician (1881-1967); Array is a kind of phonetician
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