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MOTHER JONES

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Overview

MOTHER JONES (noun)
  The noun MOTHER JONES has 1 sense:

1. United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)play

  Familiarity information: MOTHER JONES used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


MOTHER JONES (noun)


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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