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MARY HARRIS JONES
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• MARY HARRIS JONES (noun)
The noun MARY HARRIS JONES has 1 sense:
1. United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
Familiarity information: MARY HARRIS JONES used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Jones; Mary Harris Jones; Mother Jones
Instance hypernyms:
labor leader (a leader of a labor movement)
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