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JACK
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : patronymic from Jack 1. As an American surname this has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages.This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.
Female
English
Pet form of English Jackalyn, JACKIE means "supplanter." Compare with masculine Jackie.Â
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, Hebrew, Indian, Scottish
God is Gracious; Son of Jack
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall and Wales)
English (Cornwall and Wales) : variant of Jack.Czech (JaÄka), Polish, and German (of Slavic origin) : from a pet form (Czech JaÄ, Polish Jacz) of any of the various Slavic personal names beginning with Ja-, for example Jakub, Jan, Jacenty (see Jacek).
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Celebrity, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Indian, Jamaican, Latin, Polish, Swedish, Swiss, Tamil
God is Gracious; Son of Jack; He who Supplants; Diminutive of Jack; Supplanter
Boy/Male
English American Scottish
derived from John: God is gracious. During the Middle Ages, Jack was so common that it was used...
Male
English
Pet form of English Jack, JACKIE means "supplanter" or "God is gracious." Compare with feminine Jackie.Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Jack.South German and Swiss German (Jäcklin) : from a pet form of Jack, a South German name based on Jacob. Compare Jackley.
Male
English
Probably originally an Anglicized form of French Jacques, JACK means "supplanter," it is now considered a pet form of English John, meaning "God is gracious."
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American Hebrew Polish English
Henry VI, Part 2' Jack Cade, a rebel.
Surname or Lastname
English and North German
English and North German : patronymic from Jack.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Jack. In the U.K. this surname is now found chiefly in Cornwall and Wales.
Female
English
Contracted form of English Jackalyn, JACKLYN means "supplanter."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French, German, Hebrew, Scottish, Swedish, Swiss
Son of Jack; He who Supplants; God has been Gracious; Has Shown Favor; Based on John or Jacques; God is Gracious
Female
English
English form of French Jacqueline, JACKALINE means "supplanter."
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Jacquelyn, JACKALYN means "supplanter."
Female
English
Pet form of English Jackalyn, JACKI means "supplanter."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for the servant of someone who bore the personal name Jack.English : Americanized form of French Jacquème (see James).Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.Americanized spelling of German Jachmann or Jackmann, from a Czech pet form of a name ultimately from the Biblical name Yochanam (see John) + Middle High German man ‘man’.
Male
English
English patronymic surname transferred to forename use, JACKSON means "son of Jack."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Celebrity, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Hebrew, Indian, Scottish, Swedish
God has been Gracious; Has Shown Favor; Based on John or Jacques; Son of Jack; He who Supplants; Diminutive of Jack
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v. t.
To put a jacket on; to furnish, as a boiler, with a jacket.
n.
A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket.
n.
One who does mean work for another's advantage, as jackals were once thought to kill game which lions appropriated.
n.
A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.
n.
The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing.
n.
A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree.
n.
See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
v. t.
To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.
n.
A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.
n.
Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork.
n.
A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
n.
One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin.
n.
One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.
n.
One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer. See 3d Jack, n.
n.
A smith who makes jacks. See 2d Jack, 4, c.
a.
Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket.
n.
A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5.
n.
A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State.
v. i.
To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n.