Definition of Jacobs

Noun: Jacobs

  1. Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929)
    - Aletta Jacobs
     
  2. English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)
    - W. W. Jacobs, William Wymark Jacobs
     
  3. United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)
    - Jane Jacobs
Noun: Jacob  jey-kub
  1. French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
    - François Jacob
     
  2. (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')

See also:
Jacobite
jacobus

Anagrams containing the word Jacobs

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