Definitions of Jones:

  • noun:   English phonetician (1881-1967)
  • noun:   one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)
  • noun:   American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)
  • noun:   United States golfer (1902-1971)
  • noun:   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)
  • noun:   United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
  • name:  A surname (very common: 1 in 161 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #4)