jackson meaning and definition

JACKSON noun

Definition of Jackson (noun)

1. English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936)
   • synonyms: Glenda Jackson
2. United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958)
   • synonyms: Michael Jackson, Michael Joe Jackson
3. United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972)
   • synonyms: Mahalia Jackson
4. United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941)
   • synonyms: Jesse Jackson, Jesse Louis Jackson
5. United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885)
   • synonyms: Helen Hunt Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson
6. 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)
   • synonyms: Stonewall Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson
7. 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)
   • synonyms: Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory
8. a town in western Wyoming
9. a town in western Tennessee
10. capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River
    • synonyms: capital of Mississippi
11. a town in south central Michigan