jones meaning and definition

JONES noun

Definition of Jones (noun)

1. United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
   • synonyms: 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)
   • synonyms: Casey Jones, John Luther Jones
3. United States golfer (1902-1971)
   • synonyms: Bobby Jones, Robert Tyre Jones
4. American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)
   • synonyms: John Paul Jones
5. one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)
   • synonyms: Inigo Jones
6. English phonetician (1881-1967)
   • synonyms: Daniel Jones