JONES

Jones, Daniel Jones

(noun) English phonetician (1881-1967)

Jones, Inigo Jones

(noun) one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)

Jones, John Paul Jones

(noun) American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)

Jones, Bobby Jones, Robert Tyre Jones

(noun) United States golfer (1902-1971)

Jones, Casey Jones, John Luther Jones

(noun) 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)

Jones, Mother Jones, Mary Harris Jones

(noun) United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Jones (plural Joneses)

An English and Welsh patronymic surname derived from the given name John.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jones is the 5th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1,425,470 individuals. Jones is most common among White (55.2%) and Black/African American (38.5%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Jeons

Etymology

Noun

jones (plural joneses)

(US, slang, now rare) Heroin.

(US, slang) An addiction or intense craving.

Verb

jones (third-person singular simple present joneses, present participle jonesing, simple past and past participle jonesed)

(US, slang) Have an intense craving.

Anagrams

• Jeons

Source: Wiktionary



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