Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun jackson

11 senses of jackson

Sense 1
Jackson, Glenda Jackson -- (English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936))
       INSTANCE OF=> actress -- (a female actor)
       INSTANCE OF=> politician, politico, pol, political leader -- (a person active in party politics)

Sense 2
Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Joe Jackson -- (United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958))
       INSTANCE OF=> singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser -- (a person who sings)

Sense 3
Jackson, Mahalia Jackson -- (United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972))
       INSTANCE OF=> singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser -- (a person who sings)

Sense 4
Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Jesse Louis Jackson -- (United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941))
       INSTANCE OF=> civil rights leader, civil rights worker, civil rights activist -- (a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups)
       INSTANCE OF=> politician, politico, pol, political leader -- (a person active in party politics)

Sense 5
Jackson, Helen Hunt Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson -- (United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885))
       INSTANCE OF=> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 6
Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Stonewall Jackson -- (general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863))
       INSTANCE OF=> general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)

Sense 7
Jackson, Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory -- (7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845))
       INSTANCE OF=> general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)
       INSTANCE OF=> President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executive -- (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government; "the President likes to jog every morning")

Sense 8
Jackson -- (a town in western Wyoming)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")

Sense 9
Jackson -- (a town in western Tennessee)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")

Sense 10
Jackson, capital of Mississippi -- (capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River)
       INSTANCE OF=> state capital -- (the capital city of a political subdivision of a country)

Sense 11
Jackson -- (a town in south central Michigan)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")