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JESSE JACKSON
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• JESSE JACKSON (noun)
The noun JESSE JACKSON has 1 sense:
1. United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941)
Familiarity information: JESSE JACKSON used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Jackson; Jesse Jackson; Jesse Louis Jackson
Instance hypernyms:
civil rights activist; civil rights leader; civil rights worker (a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups)
pol; political leader; politician; politico (a person active in party politics)
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