Definition of Jacobs

1. Noun. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943).

Exact synonyms: W. W. Jacobs, William Wymark Jacobs
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

2. Noun. United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916).
Exact synonyms: Jane Jacobs
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

3. Noun. Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929).
Exact synonyms: Aletta Jacobs
Generic synonyms: Doc, Doctor, Dr., Md, Medico, Physician

Definition of Jacobs

1. Noun. testicles (sometimes spelt ''Jacob's'') ¹

2. Proper noun. (surname A=An English patronymic from=given names dot=) derived from Jacob. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jacobs

Jacobians
Jacobin
Jacobine
Jacobines
Jacobinic
Jacobinical
Jacobinism
Jacobinisms
Jacobins
Jacobite
Jacobites
Jacobitic
Jacobitical
Jacobitism
Jacobitisms
Jacobsian
Jacobson
Jacobson's anastomosis
Jacobson's canal
Jacobson's cartilage
Jacobson's nerve
Jacobson's organ
Jacobson's organs
Jacobson's plexus
Jacobson's reflex
Jacobus
Jacobus Arminius
Jacobuses
Jacopo Robusti

Literary usage of Jacobs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"Muller and A. jacobs, of same place, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, ... Muller and A. jacobs, all the property of every kind owned by us, ..."

2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1840)
"But what will he say, when we inform him, that Dr. ANTHON has translated three of the four notes of jacobs, on the ode of Anacreon marked i. in the 'Reader ..."

3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"THE latest of Mr. jacobs' Christmas Books for Children has all the ... Mr. jacobs holds that "at the root of the whole idea of a Wonder Voyage is the ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"Muller and A. jacobs, of same place, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, ... Muller and A. jacobs, all the property of every kind owned by us, ..."

5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1840)
"But what will he say, when we inform him, that Dr. ANTHON has translated three of the four notes of jacobs, on the ode of Anacreon marked i. in the 'Reader ..."

6. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1897)
"THE latest of Mr. jacobs' Christmas Books for Children has all the ... Mr. jacobs holds that "at the root of the whole idea of a Wonder Voyage is the ..."

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