/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."