JACKSON


Meaning of JACKSON in English

/jak"seuhn/ , n.

1. Andrew ( "Old Hickory" ), 1767-1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829-37.

2. Lady Barbara . See Ward, Barbara .

3. Helen Hunt ( Helen Maria Fiske ), 1830-85, U.S. novelist and poet.

4. Jesse L(ouis) , born 1941, U.S. Baptist minister and civil-rights and political activist.

5. Mahalia , 1911-72, U.S. gospel singer.

6. Robert Houghwout /how"euht/ , 1892-1954, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1941-54.

7. Thomas Jonathan ( "Stonewall Jackson" ), 1824-63, Confederate general in the American Civil War.

8. a city in and the capital of Mississippi, in the central part. 202,895.

9. a city in W Tennessee. 49,131.

10. a city in S Michigan. 39,739.

11. a town in NW Wyoming: resort near Jackson Hole. 4511.

12. a male given name, meaning "son of Jack."

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .