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Jacob

[ jey-kuhb French zha-kawb ]

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the second son of Isaac, the twin brother of Esau, and father of the 12 patriarchs.
  2. ·çǾ [f, r, ah, n, -, swa], 1920–2013, French geneticist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1965.
  3. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “supplanter.”


Jacob

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. Old Testament the son of Isaac, twin brother of Esau, and father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel
  2. Also calledJacob sheep any of an ancient breed of sheep having a fleece with dark brown patches and two or four horns
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Jacob

/ ä-ô /

  1. French geneticist who studied how genes control cellular activity by directing the synthesis of proteins. With Jacques Monod, he theorized that there are genes that regulate the activity of other, neighboring genes. They also proposed the existence of messenger RNA.
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Origin of Jacob1

sense 2 in allusion to Genesis 30:40
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Some hotel workers are too fearful to show up for work, said Jacob Monty, an immigration and employment lawyer who advises chain restaurants.

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There are no vacancies in England's top seven but Zak Crawley's poor form, Jacob Bethell's Indian Premier League commitments and the chance for injuries means nothing can be ruled out at this stage.

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“Teenage Jacob was screaming. Forty-five year old Jacob was going, ‘This is exactly how I wanted it to be.’”

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More than 50 years later, a new Canadian experiment aims to tackle dust mitigation; its company's president, Jacob Kleiman, told Salon dust is "one of the hottest topics" in moon exploration.

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Jacob Charles, an associate professor of law at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law who studies the 2nd Amendment, said he had not seen a similar investigation before.

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