Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Jackson"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Jackson
n 1: English film actress who later became a member of Parliament
(born in 1936) [syn: {Jackson}, {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) [syn: {Jackson}, {Michael Jackson},
{Michael Joe Jackson}]
3: United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music
(1911-1972) [syn: {Jackson}, {Mahalia Jackson}]
4: United States civil rights leader who led a national
anti-discrimination campaign and ran for presidential
nomination (born in 1941) [syn: {Jackson}, {Jesse Jackson},
{Jesse Louis Jackson}]
5: United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust
treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885) [syn: {Jackson},
{Helen Hunt Jackson}, {Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson}]
6: general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War whose
troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone
wall (1824-1863) [syn: {Jackson}, {Thomas Jackson}, {Thomas
J. Jackson}, {Thomas Jonathan Jackson}, {Stonewall Jackson}]
7: 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans
from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the
presidency (1767-1845) [syn: {Jackson}, {Andrew Jackson},
{Old Hickory}]
8: a town in western Wyoming [syn: {Jackson}]
9: a town in western Tennessee [syn: {Jackson}]
10: capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl river [syn:
{Jackson}, {capital of Mississippi}]
11: a town in south central Michigan [syn: {Jackson}]
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