jones

Noun
  1. United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930) (synset 111110874)
    instance hypernym: labor leader - a leader of a labor movement
    synonym: mary harris jones, mother jones
  2. 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) (synset 111110621)
    instance hypernym: engine driver, engineer, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer - the operator of a railway locomotive
    synonym: casey jones, john luther jones
  3. United States golfer (1902-1971) (synset 111110502)
    instance hypernym: golf player, golfer, linksman - someone who plays the game of golf
    synonym: bobby jones, robert tyre jones
  4. American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792) (synset 111110368)
    instance hypernym: naval commander - naval officer in command of a fleet of warships
    synonym: john paul jones
  5. One of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652) (synset 111110225)
    instance hypernym: architect, designer - someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
    synonym: inigo jones
  6. English phonetician (1881-1967) (synset 111110126)
    instance hypernym: phonetician - a specialist in phonetics
    synonym: daniel jones

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