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JACOBS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)

Synonyms:

Aletta Jacobs; Jacobs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)

Synonyms:

Jacobs; Jane Jacobs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

Sense 3

Meaning:

English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)

Synonyms:

Jacobs; W. W. Jacobs; William Wymark Jacobs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

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