Definitions for jacksonˈdʒæk sən

Jack•sonˈdʒæk sən(n.)

Andrew (“Old Hickory”), 1767–1845, U.S. general: 7th president of the U.S. 1829–37.
Category: Biography
Helen Hunt (Helen Maria Fiske), 1830–85, U.S. novelist and poet.
Category: Biography
Jesse L(ouis), born 1941, U.S. Baptist minister and political activist.
Category: Biography
Mahalia, 1911–72, U.S. gospel singer.
Category: Biography
Thomas Jonathan (“Stonewall Jackson”), 1824–63, Confederate general.
Category: Biography
the capital of Mississippi, in the central part. 201,250.
Category: Geography (places)
a city in W Tennessee. 192,923.
Category: Geography (places)

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

Jackson
1, a prosperous manufacturing city (21) in Michigan, U.S.A., on the Grand River, 70 m. W. of Detroit; has various mills, iron-works, breweries, &c., and bituminous coal-mines on its outskirts. 2, A cotton market-town (10), capital of Madison County, Tennessee, on the South Fork of the Forked Deer River, 107 m. SE. of Cairo, Illinois.

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