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American science fiction writer (1908–2006)
Interview with Jack Williamson "Jack Williamson: El Portal". Eastern New Mexico University. Retrieved June 16, 2015. "Jack Williamson Science Fiction
Jack_Williamson
American rocket engineer (1914–1952)
including Cleve Cartmill, Jack Williamson, and Anthony Boucher. Among Parsons' favorite works of fiction was Williamson's Darker Than You Think, a novelette
Jack_Parsons
Hypothetical planetary engineering process
from both science fiction and actual science. The term was coined by Jack Williamson in the science-fiction short story "Collision Orbit" in Astounding
Terraforming
Fictional city
had plans to issue volumes by Leigh Brackett, H. Warner Munn, and Jack Williamson; however, none of the projected volumes appeared. The Carcosa colophon
Carcosa
Kit) "The Wizards of Pung's Corners [Jack Tighe series]", 1958 (not in Survival Kit) "The Waging of the Peace [Jack Tighe series]", 1959 (not in Survival
Frederik_Pohl_bibliography
US science fiction magazine
pulp science fiction field, publishing well-regarded stories such as Jack Williamson's Legion of Space and John W. Campbell's "Twilight". At the end of 1937
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Analog_Science_Fiction_and_Fact
American filmmaker (born 1948)
Starman and received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Musical Score for Jack Nitzsche. After the commercial disappointment of action–comedy Big Trouble
John_Carpenter
1978 collection of short stories by Jack Williamson
The Best of Jack Williamson is a collection of science fiction short stories by American author Jack Williamson. It was first published in paperback by
The_Best_of_Jack_Williamson
Public university in Portales, New Mexico, US
juvenile books, and K-12 curriculum materials. Jack Williamson Science Fiction Library The Jack Williamson Science Fiction Library is part of the Special
Eastern_New_Mexico_University
Science fiction theme of 1950s and 1960s
science fiction writer Jack Williamson—The Greatest Invention—published in Astounding Science Fiction magazine in 1951. Williamson derived it from the "psion"
Psionics
English author, film director and visual artist (born 1952)
Celluloid, Revelations, The Life of Death, Rawhead Rex and The Yattering and Jack, and Dark Horse Comics' Primal, among others. Barker served as a consultant
Clive_Barker
American writer (1920–2012)
Heinlein, Emil Petaja, Fredric Brown, Henry Kuttner, Leigh Brackett and Jack Williamson. Bradbury's first published story was "Hollerbochen's Dilemma", in
Ray_Bradbury
American writer and filmmaker (1928–2017)
of Southern California. He published his first book, Which Way to Mecca, Jack? in 1960, a humorous look at both his early life, and his work at the United
William_Peter_Blatty
Name list
Aboriginal affairs advocate Jack Williamson (1908–2006), American science fiction writer Jack Wilshere (born 1992), English footballer Jack Wilson (1937–1997)
Jack_(given_name)
American author (born 1947)
King often uses authors as characters, such as Ben Mears in 'Salem's Lot, Jack Torrance in The Shining, adult Bill Denbrough in It and Mike Noonan in Bag
Stephen_King
by Robert L. Forward (1990) Undersea Trilogy by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson (1992, omnibus edition) Animorphs by K.A. Applegate (1996–2001; only
List of underwater science fiction works
List_of_underwater_science_fiction_works
Young-adult novels by Robert A. Heinlein
juveniles] are a reasonably consistent 'Future History' of their own". Jack Williamson wrote: "The books, taken together, tell an epic story of the expansion
Heinlein_juveniles
Fictional set of rules by Isaac Asimov
Asimov, Allen rethought the Three Laws and developed a new set." Jack Williamson's novelette "With Folded Hands" (1947), later rewritten as the novel
Three_Laws_of_Robotics
1948 science fiction novel by Jack Williamson
Humanoids is a 1949 dystopian science fiction novel by American author Jack Williamson (1908–2006). Originally published as a three-part serial called ".
The_Humanoids
English writer, editor, critic (born 1939)
United States, leading to the advent of cyberpunk. His publication of Bug Jack Barron (1969) by Norman Spinrad as a serial novel was notorious; in Parliament
Michael_Moorcock
Hypothetical megastructure around a star
depicted in the 1975–1983 book series Saga of Cuckoo by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson, and one functions as the setting of Bob Shaw's 1975 novel Orbitsville
Dyson_sphere
English actor and singer (1922–2015)
to play the Specialist in Tommy (1975). That role was eventually given to Jack Nicholson. In an AMC documentary on Halloween (1978), John Carpenter states
Christopher_Lee
Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick 2002/2001 Novella: The Ultimate Earth by Jack Williamson 2003 Novella: Coraline by Neil Gaiman 2012 Novella: The Man Who Bridged
List of joint winners of the Hugo and Nebula awards
List_of_joint_winners_of_the_Hugo_and_Nebula_awards
American novelist (1946–2018)
Mayr (November 10, 1946 – January 24, 2018), better known by his pen name Jack Ketchum, was an American horror fiction author. He was the recipient of four
Jack_Ketchum
Book by Jack Williamson
The Legion of Time is a novella by the American writer Jack Williamson. It was originally serialized (in three installments) in Astounding Science-Fiction
The_Legion_of_Time
Australian rules footballer (1907–1965)
(Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic). 27 April 1927. p. 16. Retrieved 14 November 2020. Jack Williamson's profile at Blueseum v t e
Jack_Williamson_(footballer)
American writer and producer (born 1943)
Street novel Give Me a K-I-L-L took place in 2017 (ISBN 978-1250058966). Jack Black portrayed a fictionalized version of Stine in the 2015 film Goosebumps
R._L._Stine
1938 American science fiction novella
attempted selling the story to Argosy, but was rejected by its editor John "Jack" Francis Byrne. After some rewriting and significant trimming, it was eventually
Who_Goes_There?
Subgenre of science fiction and science fantasy
Lensman series and the works of Edmond Hamilton, John W. Campbell, and Jack Williamson in the 1930s and 1940s were popular with readers and much imitated
Space_opera
American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet (1937–1995)
featured essays and stories in honor of Zelazny by Walter Jon Williams, Jack Williamson, John Varley, Gaiman, Gregory Benford and many other authors. The anthology
Roger_Zelazny
American filmmaker (1940–2017)
that followed Night of the Living Dead: There's Always Vanilla (1971), Jack's Wife / Season of the Witch (1972) and The Crazies (1973) were not as well
George_A._Romero
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
House Rules (2025) Songs of the Dying Earth (2009; a tribute anthology to Jack Vance's Dying Earth series, first published by Subterranean Press) Warriors
George_R._R._Martin
British actor (1936–2011)
character in a distinctive voice. In 1994, Williamson wrote a play for solo actor on the life of actor John Barrymore. Jack, a Night on the Town with John Barrymore
Nicol_Williamson
American inventor, writer, editor and publisher (1884–1967)
President of Gernsback Publications) has been clearly established. Jack Williamson, who had to hire an attorney associated with the American Fiction Guild
Hugo_Gernsback
1984 novel by Jack Williamson
Lifeburst is a novel by Jack Williamson published in 1984. Lifeburst is a novel in which huge spaceships in the 22nd century attack the peaceful ships
Lifeburst
Hypothetical particle
Foundation's Edge (1982) by Isaac Asimov. Farthest Star (1975) by Pohl and Jack Williamson expands this by the notion that the necessary copying technique might
Tachyons_in_fiction
Dungeons & Dragons inspirational bibliography
Dunsany H. P. Lovecraft Andre Norton Stanley Weinbaum Manly Wade Wellman Jack Williamson Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Pellucidar" series; "Barsoom" series; "Venus"
Appendix_N
1949 SF novel by Robert A. Heinlein
government which would restrict that. Surveying Heinlein's juvenile novels, Jack Williamson characterized Red Planet as Heinlein's first genuinely successful effort
Red_Planet_(novel)
Anthology edited by Ben Bova
Leibowitz" (1955), Walter M. Miller, Jr. "With Folded Hands" (1947), Jack Williamson "The Time Machine" (1895), H. G. Wells "Baby Is Three" (1952), Theodore
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two
The_Science_Fiction_Hall_of_Fame,_Volume_Two
American physician and writer
Gostak and the Doshes" (1930) and two stories written jointly with Jack Williamson, "The Girl from Mars" (1929) and The Birth of a New Republic (1931)
Miles_Breuer
Science-fiction and fantasy magazine history
including "Vintage Season" by C. L. Moore, and "With Folded Hands ..." by Jack Williamson. The quality of the fiction in the other magazines improved over the
History of U.S. science fiction and fantasy magazines to 1950
History_of_U.S._science_fiction_and_fantasy_magazines_to_1950
1948 novel by Jack Williamson
You Think is a science fantasy and horror novel by American writer Jack Williamson. Originally a novelette, it was expanded into novel length and published
Darker_Than_You_Think
Science fiction series by Jack Williamson
series is a golden age science fiction series by the American writer Jack Williamson, under the pseudonym "Will Stewart." The narrative follows a small
Seetee_series
1947 science fiction novelette
1947 science fiction novelette by American writer Jack Williamson (1908–2006). In writing it, Williamson was influenced by the aftermath of World War II
With_Folded_Hands_...
scientifically reasonable impact stories". In the 1988 novel Land's End by Jack Williamson and Frederik Pohl, a comet strike destroys the Earth's ozone layer
Impact_events_in_fiction
Association football club in England
promotion to the premier division) Most Appearances Jack Williamson – 44 games Most Goals Jack Williamson – 32 Player of the season Nathan Lewis Players'
Raynes_Park_Vale_F.C.
American writer (1916–2013)
Masters, in 1967 for The Last Castle, and in 2010 for his memoir This Is Me, Jack Vance!; the Nebula Award in 1966, also for The Last Castle; the Jupiter Award
Jack_Vance
Defunct American small-press publishing company
Barbarian, by Robert E. Howard (1954) Undersea Quest, by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson (1954) Mel Oliver and Space Rover on Mars, by William Morrison (1954)
Gnome_Press
Fictional technology
18: The Paradox Men, by Charles L. Harness/Dome Around America, by Jack Williamson". Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved January 8,
List of technology in the Dune universe
List_of_technology_in_the_Dune_universe
Topics referred to by the same term
John Williamson may refer to: John Finley Williamson (1887–1964), American conductor John Williamson (singer) (born 1945), Australian singer and songwriter
John_Williamson
American fantasy, horror, and SF writer (1910–1992)
Garbo. In the cult horror film Equinox (1970) directed by Dennis Muren and Jack Woods, Leiber has a cameo appearance as a geologist, Dr. Watermann. In the
Fritz_Leiber
American author and artist (1922–2003)
Essential Murray Leinster. Jack Williamson, especulator (1999). Introduction to The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, Volume One: The Metal Man and
Hal_Clement
American film director, producer, and actor (1926–2024)
1970s. He also helped to launch the careers of actors including Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd, and William Shatner. Corman
Roger_Corman
American science fiction writer (1904–1977)
he struck up a 20-year friendship with close contemporary Jack Williamson, as Williamson records in his 1984 autobiography Wonder's Child. In the late
Edmond_Hamilton
Material composed of antiparticles
10 October 2019. McCaffery, Larry (July 1991). "An Interview with Jack Williamson". Science Fiction Studies. 18 (54): 230–252. doi:10.1525/sfs.18.2.230
Antimatter
Irish science fiction writer (1926–2011)
convention (Eastercon 22, 1971). There she met British reproductive biologist Jack Cohen, who would be a consultant on the science of Pern. McCaffrey had had
Anne_McCaffrey
American science fiction writer and editor (1910–1971)
sensitive than others.' Larry McCaffery (July 1991). "An Interview with Jack Williamson". Science Fiction Studies. 18, Part 2. ISSN 0091-7729. He had gotten
John_W._Campbell
Movement in science fiction
ISSN 0091-7729. OCLC 5544072660. Larry McCaffery and Jack Williamson. 'An Interview with Jack Williamson' in Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Jul
New_Wave_(science_fiction)
Science fiction short story anthology
Something Special" by Michael G. Coney† (8000) "Previews of Hell"‡ by Jack Williamson† (3000) The following stories were not in the 1979 list but are listed
The_Last_Dangerous_Visions
U.S. science fiction pulp magazine
include Stanton A. Coblentz, Miles J. Breuer, A. Hyatt Verrill, and Jack Williamson. Critical opinions differ on the quality of the fiction Gernsback and
Amazing_Stories_Quarterly
American poet and editor
magazine's heyday, editing 179 issues from November 1924 to March 1940. Jack Williamson called Wright "the first great fantasy editor". He was editor from
Farnsworth_Wright
1950s NBC series
Frank M. Robinson, Clifford D. Simak, William Tenn, Jack Vance, Kurt Vonnegut, Jack Williamson and Donald A. Wollheim. Ernest Kinoy and George Lefferts
Dimension_X_(radio_program)
Crucial point of divergence to two outcomes
Jonbar hinge or Jonbar point. The term Jonbar hinge is derived from the Jack Williamson novel The Legion of Time (serialized 1938, collected 1952). It refers
Point_of_divergence
American author (1929–2018)
was adapted for the stage in 1995 by Chicago's Lifeline Theatre. Reviewer Jack Helbig at the Chicago Reader wrote that the "adaptation is intelligent and
Ursula_K._Le_Guin
1950 novel by Jack Williamson
a collection of two science fiction novels by the American writer Jack Williamson. It was first published by Fantasy Press in 1950 in an edition of 3
The_Cometeers
American actor (born 1957)
Mykelti Williamson (/ˈmaɪkəlti/; born Michael T. Williamson; March 4, 1957) is an American actor and director best known for his roles in the films Forrest
Mykelti_Williamson
1965 science fiction novel by Frederick Pohl and Jack Williamson
dystopian science fiction novel by American writers Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson, published in 1965. It is part of the Starchild Trilogy, a series of
Starchild_(novel)
encounter lunar life as in the 1932 short story "The Moon Era" by Jack Williamson. Some works also place lunar life solely on the far side of the Moon
Moon_in_science_fiction
Horror fiction award
and Fantasy Writers Association: Leiber, Simak, Bradbury, Ellison, Jack Williamson, and Moorcock. Portals: Speculative fiction/Horror Speculative fiction
Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
Bram_Stoker_Award_for_Lifetime_Achievement
1975 Western film
by Jack Arnold, starring former football player Fred Williamson, who also wrote and co-produced the film. It is the first film for which Williamson was
Boss_Nigger
Book series by Jack Williamson
of Space is a space opera science fiction series by American writer Jack Williamson. The story takes place in an era when humans have colonized the Solar
Legion_of_Space_series
American writer
Matthew Corbett, as he unravels mysteries in colonial America. His parents are Jack, a musician, and Barbara Bundy McCammon. After his parents' divorce, McCammon
Robert_R._McCammon
American pulp fantasy fiction magazine
fantasy elements in a story be developed logically: for example, Jack Williamson's Darker Than You Think describes a world in which there is a scientific
Unknown_(magazine)
American editor and literary agent
Vinge, Frederik Pohl, Andre Norton, Loren D. Estleman, Dan Simmons, Jack Williamson, Timothy Zahn, Marie Jakober and Greg Bear. His agency clients include
James_Frenkel
American pulp science fiction magazine
included Arthur J. Burks and Jack Williamson; the second run published stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Jack Vance, and L. Sprague de Camp
Marvel_Science_Stories
American science fiction writer and editor (1919–2013)
agencies. In the mid-1950s, he began a long-running collaboration with Jack Williamson, eventually resulting in 10 collaborative novels over five decades
Frederik_Pohl
American science fiction author (1923–2020)
published by Gnome Press in 1955, Star Bridge, written by Gunn and Jack Williamson, and This Fortress World. Scribner's published Gunn's novel The Listeners
James_E._Gunn
Humanoid robot being developed by Tesla
that Optimus Generation 2 was the realization of the "humanoids" in Jack Williamson's classic 1947 science fiction story "With Folded Hands...", along with
Optimus_(robot)
British writer (born 1953)
Machine "1985 Jack Kirby Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. "1986 Jack Kirby Awards".
Alan_Moore
1955 novel by Jack Williamson
Star Bridge is a science fiction novel by American authors Jack Williamson and James E. Gunn. It was published in 1955 by Gnome Press in an edition of
Star_Bridge
American writer and illustrator (1925–2000)
Hapless Child (Watt/ECM) with Robert Wyatt, Terje Rypdal, Carla Bley, and Jack DeJohnette. It contains musical adaptations of The Sinking Spell, The Object
Edward_Gorey
1947 SF novel by Robert A. Heinlein
did not publish until 1951. Surveying Heinlein's juvenile novels, Jack Williamson noted that while Rocket Ship Galileo remains "readable, with Heinlein's
Rocket_Ship_Galileo
Sprague de Camp, Cleve Cartmill, Leigh Brackett, Roby Wentz, and Jack Williamson. The young Ray Bradbury, who had not yet made his first story sale
Mañana_Literary_Society
British-American comics artist (1920–1998)
1952 to 1955 and was co-created by Elias and science fiction writer Jack Williamson. The strip was exclusive to the New York Daily News' Sunday paper in
Lee_Elias
American basketball player
Jack Williamson Ragland (October 9, 1913 – June 14, 1996) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the
Jack_Ragland
1934 novel by Jack Williamson
Legion of Space is a science fiction novel by the American writer Jack Williamson. It was originally serialized in Astounding Stories in 1934, then published
The_Legion_of_Space
American author and engineer (1907–1988)
or, Eleven years of trying. Garden City, NY: Doubleday. pp. 79–82. Williamson, Jack "Who Was Robert Heinlein?" in Requiem: new collected works by Robert
Robert_A._Heinlein
Three science fiction novels by Frederik Pohl and Jack Wiliamson
three science fiction novels by American writers Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson. The novels were first published by Gnome Press beginning in 1954.
Undersea_Trilogy
1969 science fiction novel by Frederick Pohl and Jack Williamson
dystopian science fiction novel by American writers Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson, published in 1969. It is part of the Starchild Trilogy, a series of
Rogue_Star_(novel)
Topics referred to by the same term
Starchild Trilogy, a 1960s science fiction trilogy by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson Starchild (novel), the second novel in the trilogy Starchild (comics)
Starchild
How science fiction has used the science of language as a subject
machine speech are Jamboree by Jack Williamson, Becalmed in Hell by Larry Niven, Starchild by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson (part of the Starchild Trilogy)
Linguistics in science fiction
Linguistics_in_science_fiction
1952 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein
with top-tolerance precision". Surveying Heinlein's juvenile novels, Jack Williamson characterized Heinlein's story as "a dream of personal freedom" written
The_Rolling_Stones_(novel)
Series of science fiction novels
series of science fiction novels by American writers Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson. It consists of two novels, Farthest Star and Wall Around a Star. The
Saga_of_Cuckoo
Information sent faster than light
messages. In "With Folded Hands" (1947) and The Humanoids (1949), by Jack Williamson, instant communication and power transfer through interstellar space
Faster-than-light communication
Faster-than-light_communication
Topics referred to by the same term
Lagerlöf AKKA, a fictional weapon in the Legion of Space Series by Jack Williamson Akka Mahadevi (12th century), Indian Kannada poet Lahcen Samsam Akka
Akka
Volume 2 – released 2004 on Deep Shag Records The Stonehenge Gate by Jack Williamson – Blackstone Audio, January 2006 On the Road with Ellison Volume 3
Harlan_Ellison_bibliography
British author (1943–2024)
largely obituaries of such figures as Robert Sheckley, Stanislaw Lem, Jack Williamson, Diana Wynne Jones, John Christopher and many more. Priest won the
Christopher_Priest_(novelist)
Use of circular rotational force to mimic gravity
inspired by experiments to levitate a frog. Collision Orbit, 1942 by Jack Williamson Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan
Artificial_gravity
American science fiction writer (1904–1988)
Simak its third SFWA Grand Master in 1977, after Robert Heinlein and Jack Williamson. In 1987 the Horror Writers Association named him one of three inaugural
Clifford_D._Simak
Defunct American publisher
Spacehounds of IPC, by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. (1947) The Legion of Space, by Jack Williamson (1947) The Forbidden Garden, by John Taine (1947) Of Worlds Beyond
Fantasy_Press
JACK WILLIAMSON
JACK WILLIAMSON
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
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Godly
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags, from Old English sacc, Middle High German sack, German Sack ‘sack’. Bahlow also suggests someone who carried sacks.German : topographic from Middle High German sack ‘sack’, ‘end of a valley or area of cultivation’.Dutch : from a reduced form of the personal name Zacharias.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from an acronym of the Hebrew phrase Zera Keshodim ‘Seed of the Holy’ (referring to martyred ancestors), or from a short form of the personal name Isaac.
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
Shakespearean American Hebrew Polish English
Henry VI, Part 2' Jack Cade, a rebel.
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
Male
English
Originally a short form of surnames, mostly Scottish, beginning with Mac-, MACK means "son of," it is now sometimes given as a forename.Â
Surname or Lastname
English (Kentish)
English (Kentish) : from a medieval personal name, Pack, possibly a survival of the Old English personal name Pacca, although this is found only as a place name element and appears to have died out fairly early on in the Old English period. The Middle English personal name is more likely to be a derivative of the Latin Christian name Paschalis (see Pascal).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a wholesale trader, from German Pack ‘package’ (see Packer).Anglicized form of Dutch Pak.
Male
English
Short form of English Zackary, ZACK means "whom Jehovah remembered."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English bakke ‘back’ (Old English bæc), hence a nickname for someone with a hunched back or some other noticeable peculiarity of the back or spine, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or ridge, or at the rear of a settlement.English : from the Old English personal name Bacca, which was still in use in the 12th century. It is of uncertain origin, but may have been a byname in the same sense as 1.English : nickname from Middle English bakke ‘bat’ (apparently of Scandinavian origin), from some fancied resemblance to the animal.Altered spelling of Bach 1, 2, or 6.North German : from Middle Low German back ‘kneading trough’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used such vessels.Americanized spelling of Norwegian Bakk(e) (see Bakke).
Surname or Lastname
English and North German
English and North German : patronymic from Jack.
Male
Finnish
Short form of Finnish Jaako, JAAK means "supplanter."
Female
English
Pet form of English Jackalyn, JACKI means "supplanter."
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
Male
English
Scottish form of English Jack, JOCK means "God is gracious."
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : from a Middle English personal name, Jakke, from Old French Jacques, the usual French form of Latin Jacobus, which is the source of both Jacob and James. As a family name in Britain, this is almost exclusively Scottish.English and Welsh : from the same personal name as 1, taken as a pet form of John.German (also Jäck) : from a short form of the personal name Jacob.Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Male
Polish
Modern form of Polish Jacenty, JACEK means "hyacinth flower."
Girl/Female
Australian, Netherlands, Portuguese
Variant of Jack
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English personal name, Dæcca.Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a roofer, from dack, a variant of deck ‘roof’. Compare De decker.
Female
Native American
Native American Tupi name JACI means "moon."
JACK WILLIAMSON
JACK WILLIAMSON
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Sikh
Absorbed in Gods Love
Girl/Female
Tamil
Excellent
Boy/Male
Hindu
Girl/Female
Muslim
Honest, Truthful, Sincere
Biblical
City of Baal, City of a ruler
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval personal name Dobbe, one of several pet forms of Robert in which the initial letter was altered. Compare Hobbs.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
District
Boy/Male
Arabic, Egyptian, French
Young Eagle
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Excellent and True
Girl/Female
English Latin
JACK WILLIAMSON
JACK WILLIAMSON
JACK WILLIAMSON
JACK WILLIAMSON
JACK WILLIAMSON
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.
v. i.
To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
n.
A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.
n.
To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.
n.
An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
v. t.
To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.
v. i.
To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.
n.
A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack
v. t.
To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
adv.
In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.
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.
v. i.
To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n.
v. t.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
n.
A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
n.
A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught.
n.
see Ils Jack.
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.
a.
Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.
n.
See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
n.
A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.