Jackson | (n) English film actress who later became a member of British Parliament (born in 1936), Syn. Glenda Jackson |
Jackson | (n) United States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958), Syn. Michael Jackson, Michael Joe Jackson |
Jackson | (n) United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972), Syn. Mahalia Jackson |
Jackson | (n) United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941), Syn. Jesse Louis Jackson, Jesse Jackson |
Jackson | (n) United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885), Syn. Helen Hunt Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson |
Jackson | (n) 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), Syn. Thomas J. Jackson, Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson |
Jackson | (n) 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845), Syn. Old Hickory, Andrew Jackson |
Jackson | (n) a town in western Wyoming |
Jackson | (n) a town in western Tennessee |
Jackson | (n) capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River, Syn. capital of Mississippi |
Jackson | (n) a town in south central Michigan |
Jacksonia | (n) genus of yellow-flowered Australian unarmed or spiny shrubs without true leaves but having leaflike stems or branches, Syn. genus Jacksonia |
Jacksonian | (n) a follower of Andrew Jackson or his ideas |
Jacksonian | (adj) of or pertaining to Andrew Jackson or his presidency or his concepts of popular democracy |
Jacksonville | (n) Florida's largest city; a port and important commercial center in northeastern Florida |
Downing | (n) United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852), Syn. Andrew Jackson Downing |
Lee | (n) United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957), Syn. Spike Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee |
Pollock | (n) United States artist famous for painting with a drip technique; a leader of abstract expressionism in America (1912-1956), Syn. Jackson Pollock |
Snead | (n) United States golfer known for the graceful arc of his swing (1912-2002), Syn. Sam Snead, Samuel Jackson Snead |
Thomas | (n) a radio broadcast journalist during World War I and World War II noted for his nightly new broadcast (1892-1981), Syn. Lowell Jackson Thomas, Lowell Thomas |
Turner | (n) United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951), Syn. Frederick Jackson Turner |
Ward | (n) English economist and conservationist (1914-1981), Syn. Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, Barbara Ward |