Jackson - Definition

n 1: English film actress who later became a member of British
Parliament (born in 1936) [syn: Jackson, Glenda
Jackson]
2: United States singer who began singing with his four brothers
and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s
(born in 1958) [syn: Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael
Joe Jackson]
3: United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music
(1911-1972) [syn: Jackson, Mahalia Jackson]
4: United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign
against racial discrimination and ran for presidential
nomination (born in 1941) [syn: Jackson, Jesse Jackson,
Jesse Louis Jackson]
5: United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust
treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885) [syn: Jackson,
Helen Hunt Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson]
6: general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War
whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a
stone wall (1824-1863) [syn: Jackson, Thomas Jackson,
Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Stonewall
Jackson]
7: 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans
from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the
presidency (1767-1845) [syn: Jackson, Andrew Jackson,
Old Hickory]
8: a town in western Wyoming
9: a town in western Tennessee
10: capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River [syn:
Jackson, capital of Mississippi]
11: a town in south central Michigan