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JACOBS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)
Synonyms:
Aletta Jacobs; Jacobs
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
doc; doctor; Dr.; MD; medico; physician (a licensed medical practitioner)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)
Synonyms:
Jacobs; Jane Jacobs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
Sense 3
Meaning:
English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
Synonyms:
Jacobs; W. W. Jacobs; William Wymark Jacobs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))
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