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jacobs   (TTS Sound)

The noun jacobs has 3 senses

• Jacobs, W. W. Jacobs, William Wymark Jacobs -- (English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943))


• Jacobs, Jane Jacobs -- (United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916))


• Jacobs, Aletta Jacobs -- (Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929))

The noun jacob has 2 senses

• Jacob, Francois Jacob -- (French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920))


• Jacob -- ((Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God'))