Source : WordNet®
Jackson
n 1: English film actress who later became a member of Parliament
(born in 1936) [syn: {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: {Michael Jackson}, {Michael
Joe Jackson}]
3: United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music
(1911-1972) [syn: {Mahalia Jackson}]
4: United States civil rights leader who led a national
anti-discrimination campaign and ran for presidential
nomination (born in 1941) [syn: {Jesse Jackson}, {Jesse
Louis Jackson}]
5: United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust
treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885) [syn: {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: {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: {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 [syn:
{capital of Mississippi}]
11: a town in south central Michigan