Jones
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,526 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,704 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930) also: Mother Jones, Mary Harris Jones
- 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) also: Casey Jones, John Luther Jones
- United States golfer (1902-1971) also: Bobby Jones, Robert Tyre Jones
- American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792) also: John Paul Jones
- one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652) also: Inigo Jones
- English phonetician (1881-1967) also: Daniel Jones
Jones in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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State Senator Jones, from Belmont--" "You know Mr. Jones?
The Purchase Price · Emerson Hough · Chapter 1
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This might not be the Gilbert Jones of her dreams.
The Bad Man: A Novel · Charles Hanson Towne · Chapter 1
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A man like that Jones will make the most of it.
Plays : First Series · John Galsworthy · Chapter 1
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The original work, then, would probably have exceeded Tom Jones in length.
The Satyricon — Volume 01: Introduction · 20-66 Petronius Arbiter · Chapter 1
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I cannot, try as I will, remember the people's different names, or whom Miss Jones is engaged to, or whom Miss Brown.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1