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American/Canadian mathematician and computer scientist
Jack R. Edmonds (born April 5, 1934) is an American-born and educated computer scientist and mathematician who lived and worked in Canada for much of
Jack_Edmonds
Partition of the vertices of a graph
in the graph. Tibor Gallai and Jack Edmonds independently discovered it and proved its key properties. The Gallai–Edmonds decomposition of a graph can be
Gallai–Edmonds_decomposition
Algorithm to compute the maximum flow in a flow network
first published by Yefim Dinitz in 1970, and independently published by Jack Edmonds and Richard Karp in 1972. Dinitz's algorithm includes additional techniques
Edmonds–Karp_algorithm
Algorithm for the directed version of the minimum spanning tree problem
independently first by Yoeng-Jin Chu and Tseng-Hong Liu (1965) and then by Jack Edmonds (1967). The algorithm takes as input a directed graph D = ⟨ V , E ⟩ {\displaystyle
Edmonds'_algorithm
Concept in computational complexity theory
Cobham's thesis, also known as the Cobham–Edmonds thesis (named after Alan Cobham and Jack Edmonds), asserts that computational problems can be feasibly
Cobham's_thesis
American singer, songwriter, and record producer (born 1959)
Kenneth Brian Edmonds (born April 10, 1959), better known by his stage name Babyface, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He has written
Babyface_(musician)
Algorithm for finding max graph matchings
constructing maximum matchings on graphs. The algorithm was developed by Jack Edmonds in 1961, and published in 1965. Given a general graph G = (V, E), the
Blossom_algorithm
Finding shortest walks through all graph edges
honor; different sources credit the coinage either to Alan J. Goldman or Jack Edmonds, both of whom were at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards at the time
Chinese_postman_problem
Surname list
painter George Edmonds (lawyer) (1788–1868), English lawyer George W. Edmonds (1864–1939), US Representative from Pennsylvania Jack Edmonds, Canadian mathematician
Edmonds_(surname)
Australian family film
Jack. It was developed by a Western Australian creative team, including screenwriter and author Kathryn Lefroy and sibling directors Miranda Edmonds and
Whale_Shark_Jack
Abstraction of linear independence of vectors
der Waerden Hassler Whitney Some of the other major contributors are Jack Edmonds Jim Geelen Eugene Lawler László Lovász Gian-Carlo Rota Paul D. Seymour
Matroid
Sequence of locally optimal choices
solution is not known. However, special cases have been identified. Jack Edmonds showed that a greedy algorithm can be used to solve a class of linear
Greedy_algorithm
Multiset analogue of matroids
associated with a submodular function. The notion was introduced by Jack Edmonds in 1970. It is also a generalization of the notion of a matroid. Let
Polymatroid
Tulane University William Carey Crane, president of Baylor University Jack Edmonds, computer scientist, recipient of the John von Neumann Theory Prize,
List of George Washington University alumni
List_of_George_Washington_University_alumni
Shared independent set of two matroids
arborescences in directed graphs. The matroid intersection theorem, due to Jack Edmonds, says that for any two matroids M 1 = ( E , I 1 ) {\displaystyle M_{1}=(E
Matroid_intersection
American mathematician
the travelling salesman problem. In 1971 he co-developed with Jack Edmonds the Edmonds–Karp algorithm for solving the maximum flow problem on networks
Richard_M._Karp
Algorithm for solving systems of linear equations
strongly-polynomial time algorithm for Gaussian elimination was published by Jack Edmonds in 1967. Independently, and almost simultaneously, Erwin Bareiss discovered
Gaussian_elimination
Polytope
description of facets in this generality was given by Jack Edmonds (1965), and is related to Edmonds's matching algorithm. The Birkhoff polytope is a special
Birkhoff_polytope
Problem in combinatorial optimization
dijoin in a weighted directed graph. It was originally formulated by Jack Edmonds and Rick Giles, and can be solved in polynomial time. In the classical
Submodular_flow
the maximum matching size of G {\displaystyle G} . The Edmonds matrix is named after Jack Edmonds. The Tutte matrix is a generalisation to non-bipartite
Edmonds_matrix
Mathematical optimization problem
the ACM. 36 (4): 873–886. doi:10.1145/76359.76368. hdl:1721.1/149134. Jack Edmonds & Richard M. Karp (1972). "Theoretical improvements in algorithmic efficiency
Minimum-cost_flow_problem
Graph theory problem
( E V 2 ) {\displaystyle O(EV^{2})} blossom algorithm, introduced by Jack Edmonds in 1965 and later extended for weighted matchings. Its complexity was
Maximum-weight_matching
Private university in Washington, D.C., US
of Science laureate, physicist and "father" of the Big Bang theory, Jack Edmonds, noted computer scientist and mathematician and one of the creators of
George_Washington_University
Public high school in Washington D.C., United States
immigration and civil rights lawyer Arthur Cook, Olympic sport shooter Jack Edmonds, mathematician and computer scientist Francine Haskins, multi-media textile
McKinley Technology High School
McKinley_Technology_High_School
learning. Edmonds is the son of another mathematician, Jack Edmonds. Edmonds–Pruhs protocol Edmonds, Jeff (2024), How to Think About Algorithms (2nd ed.)
Jeff_Edmonds
Local government body in England
Clitheroe Labour May 1975 May 1976 Joe Rowley Conservative May 1976 May 1978 Jack Edmonds Conservative May 1978 May 1984 Fred Hunt Labour May 1984 May 1992 David
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Dudley_Metropolitan_Borough_Council
Vertex partition in a directed graph
dijoins). A fractional weighted version of the conjecture, posed by Jack Edmonds and Rick Giles, was refuted by Alexander Schrijver. In the other direction
Dicut
Operations research and management sciences award
1988 Herbert A. Simon 1987 Samuel Karlin 1986 Kenneth J. Arrow 1985 Jack Edmonds 1984 Ralph Gomory 1983 Herbert Scarf 1982 Abraham Charnes, William W
John_von_Neumann_Theory_Prize
k/5\rfloor } . A fractional weighted version of the conjecture, posed by Jack Edmonds and Rick Giles, was refuted by Alexander Schrijver. In the other direction
Woodall's_conjecture
Overview of and topical guide to algorithms
algorithms George Dantzig — simplex algorithm and linear programming Jack Edmonds — matching and polyhedral combinatorics L. R. Ford Jr. — Ford–Fulkerson
Outline_of_algorithms
British actor
of Malcolm Dixon in 2020, Edmonds became the last surviving actor to have played one of the titular "Time Bandits". Black Jack (1979) – Tom Thumb's Army
Mike_Edmonds
Method for linear optimization
Bland's rule avoids cycling has been termed "Bland oriented matroids" by Jack Edmonds. Another pivoting rule, the criss-cross algorithm, avoids cycles on all
Bland's_rule
by Saul B. Needleman and Christian D. Wunsch 1972 – Edmonds–Karp algorithm published by Jack Edmonds and Richard Karp, essentially identical to Dinic's
Timeline_of_algorithms
American contemporary R&B group
group founded in 1987 by brothers Melvin and Kevon Edmonds, and their friend Keith Mitchell. The Edmonds brothers are the older siblings of pop/R&B singer-songwriter
After_7
American mathematician and computer scientist (1927–2011)
was an American mathematician and computer scientist known for (with Jack Edmonds and Michael O. Rabin) inventing the concept of polynomial time and the
Alan_Cobham_(mathematician)
Public university in Ontario, Canada
languages, most notably Turing, Jack Edmonds, a computer scientist, and developer of the Blossom algorithm, and the Edmonds' algorithm, Vitalik Buterin,
University_of_Waterloo
Japanese mathematician (born 1951)
in combinatorics and optimization. He completed his PhD in 1982, with Jack Edmonds as his doctoral advisor. After completing his PhD, he returned to Japan
Komei_Fukuda
Edges crossing all dicuts in a directed graph
dijoins). A fractional weighted version of the conjecture, posed by Jack Edmonds and Rick Giles, was refuted by Alexander Schrijver. The Lucchesi–Younger
Dijoin
Dyson Peter Eades A. Ross Eckler Jr. Katsuya Eda Herbert Edelsbrunner Jack Edmonds Michelle Effros Bradley Efron Tatyana Pavlovna Ehrenfest Andrzej Ehrenfeucht
List of people by Erdős number
List_of_people_by_Erdős_number
Australian farmer and politician
Edmonds (28 August 1883 – 8 April 1962), always referred to as "Harry Edmonds" or E. H. Edmonds, was a politician in South Australia. Harry Edmonds was
Harry_Edmonds
Canadian computer scientist
1993, he was involved in a dispute ("the Edmonds affair") with the University of Waterloo and Jack Edmonds. In 2000, his decision to override a professor's
J._Alan_George
Czech-Canadian mathematician
first became interested in linear programming through the influence of Jack Edmonds while Chvátal was a student at Waterloo. He quickly recognized the importance
Václav_Chvátal
Hungarian mathematician (1912–1992)
Academy of Sciences (1991). The Edmonds–Gallai decomposition theorem, which was proved independently by Gallai and Jack Edmonds, describes finite graphs from
Tibor_Gallai
Academic division of the University of Waterloo
Gordon Cormack Paul Cress, lecturer Kenneth Davidson FRSC, professor Jack Edmonds, professor Keith Geddes, professor Ian Goldberg, assistant professor
University of Waterloo Faculty of Mathematics
University_of_Waterloo_Faculty_of_Mathematics
Topics referred to by the same term
1989) John Edmonds (trade unionist) (born 1944), British former trade union official Jack Edmonds (born 1934), mathematician John Samuel Edmonds (1799–1865)
John_Edmonds
Professor Literature Pro-vice-chancellor at the University of Oxford Jack Edmonds Professor Mathematics Mathematician Mohamed Elmasry Professor Engineering
List of University of Waterloo people
List_of_University_of_Waterloo_people
French mathematician (1947-1997)
optimization, matroid theory, and knot theory, including Claude Berge, Jack Edmonds, Vaughan Jones, Alexander Schrijver, Paul Seymour, William Tutte, and
François_Jaeger
American football player
Retrieved 18 April 2026. Edmonds, Javon. "Syracuse football player named to All-ACC team". Syracuse.com. Retrieved 18 April 2026. Edmonds, Javon. "Syracuse football
Jack_Stonehouse
Canadian-American operations researcher
from the University of Waterloo in 1973; his thesis, supervised by Jack Edmonds, concerned perfect matching theory from the point of view of polyhedral
William_R._Pulleyblank
Chinese mathematician
paper was translated into English in 1962. It attracted the attention of Jack Edmonds, who gave the problem its alternative name, the "Chinese postman problem"
Meigu_Guan
Native American mathematician
Storer as their thesis advisor, including Peyton Young (co-advised with Jack Edmonds). Storer also wrote several works on string figures, the designs formed
Thomas Storer (American mathematician)
Thomas_Storer_(American_mathematician)
English billiards & snooker player (born 1936)
Earnest Raymond Edmonds (born 25 April 1936 in Grimsby, Lincolnshire), better known as Ray Edmonds, is a former English professional player of English
Ray_Edmonds
Moroccan mathematician
Jean Fonlupt. Her doctoral study also included research in Canada with Jack Edmonds at the University of Waterloo and with Václav Chvátal at McGill University
Najiba_Sbihi
American surgeon
donor-patient pairs. Based on an algorithm created by the Canadian mathematician Jack Edmonds in 1965, the system improves paired donation by ensuring the maximum
Dorry_Segev
American mathematician
Service and on transportation planning; he was also a mentor there to Jack Edmonds and George Nemhauser. After moving to Johns Hopkins, his doctoral students
Alan_J._Goldman
American musician, composer, arranger (1937–2000)
Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche (/ˈniːtʃi/ NEECH-ee; April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record
Jack_Nitzsche
American mathematician (1924–2021)
polyhedral combinatorics. Hoffman was influential in later bringing Jack Edmonds to NBS (1959–1969), where the subject flourished. While at NBS, Joe Kruskal
Alan_J._Hoffman
American industrial engineer and mathematician (1938–2024)
programming. Still in the seventies, in a seminal paper co-authored with Jack Edmonds, Johnson showed how several basic optimization problems defined on graphs
Ellis_L._Johnson
English craftsman and radical (1809 – 1897)
North Wales home of Gladstone. One of Lucraft's great great grandsons, Jack Edmonds Lucraft, arranged for it to be restored as it was in a bedraggled condition
Benjamin_Lucraft
American game theorist, economist, and professor
School of Economics University of Oxford Nuffield College, Oxford U.S. Department of the Treasury Doctoral advisor Thomas Frederick Storer Jack Edmonds
Peyton_Young
1917 campaign of the First World War
Edmonds 1993, p. 2. Doughty 2005, p. 137. Edmonds 1993, p. 1. Terraine 1977, pp. 12–13. Edmonds 1993, pp. 163–245. Falls 1992, pp. 533–534. Edmonds 1993
Battle_of_Passchendaele
Amtrak and commuter train station in Edmonds, Washington
Edmonds station is a train station serving the city of Edmonds, Washington, in the United States. The station is served by Amtrak's Cascades and Empire
Edmonds_station_(Washington)
American travel writer and television host (born 1955)
immigrants Harold and Erna Fremmerlid. He has two sisters. The family moved to Edmonds, Washington, in 1967. When Steves was 14, along with his parents, he took
Rick_Steves
American football player (born 2001)
Chris Edmonds (born July 16, 2001) is an American professional football safety for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played
Chris_Edmonds_(safety)
2002 studio album by Billy Bragg and the Blokes
(Barker, Bragg, Edmonds, Mandelson, McLagan) – 4:59 "Baby Faroukh" (Barker, Bragg, Edmonds, Mandelson, McLagan) – 3:06 "Take Down the Union Jack" – 3:20 "Another
England,_Half-English
Objective function for greedy algorithms
the matroid - a subroutine for testing whether a set is independent. Jack Edmonds proved that this simple algorithm indeed finds an independent set with
Weighted_matroid
Graph of n vertices with a perfect matching for every subgraph of n-1 vertices
factor-critical subgraph of a larger graph. Blossoms play a key role in Jack Edmonds' algorithms for maximum matching and minimum weight perfect matching
Factor-critical_graph
1979 British film by Ken Loach
Tom Thumb's Army Mike Edmonds as Tom Thumb's Army David Rappaport as Tom Thumb's Army Tiny Ross as Tom Thumb's Army Black Jack was the first film investment
Black_Jack_(1979_film)
American band from Cincinnati, Ohio
(without Reid, Edmonds, or Roberson) to record the album, An Invitation to Love. This album found the group adopting a more new jack swing-based sound
The_Deele
Method for mathematical optimization
Even when generalized, the criss-cross algorithm remains simply stated. Jack Edmonds (pioneer of combinatorial optimization and oriented-matroid theorist;
Criss-cross_algorithm
American record producer and songwriter Jack Antonoff has released four studio albums and one soundtrack under the solo project Bleachers, and 11 studio
Jack Antonoff production discography
Jack_Antonoff_production_discography
Fictional character
Jack Scully is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Jay Bunyan. He made his first on-screen appearance on 17 April
Jack_Scully
Community college in Lynnwood, Washington, US
Edmonds College, formerly Edmonds Community College, is a public community college in Lynnwood, Washington. More than 17,000 students annually take courses
Edmonds_College
14th episode of the 2nd season of Numbers
required by the algorithm was unrealistic. Using a modified version of Jack Edmonds’ computational complexity algorithm, Gentry and Segev discovered that
Harvest_(Numbers)
British far-right activist (born 1982)
the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016. Sommers, Jack (19 September 2016). "Tommy Robinson Wins Court Case Against Bedfordshire
Tommy_Robinson
Political party in the United Kingdom
deputy leader until being ousted in 2024, welcomed the move. In March 2025, Jack Aaron, a parliamentary candidate for the party at the 2024 general election
Reform_UK
United States Army general (1860–1948)
John Joseph Pershing (13 September 1860 – 15 July 1948), nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American army general, educator, and founder of the Pershing Rifles
John_J._Pershing
second engineer, his son Fred Barlow, first officer, Lawrence Exton, and Jack Edmonds, purser. Departing from Robson, Minto stopped for the last time at all
Minto_(sternwheeler)
British royal recognitions
Civilian Supplies Officer, RASC, War Office (Taunton, Somerset). Lionel Jack Edmonds, Civilian Warrant Officer, No. 649 (Dursley) Squadron, Air Training Corps
1963_New_Year_Honours
Royal Air Force Air Vice-Marshal (1891-1954)
Air Vice Marshal Charles Humphrey Kingsman Edmonds, CBE, DSO (20 April 1891 – 26 September 1954) was an air officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF). He first
Charles_Edmonds
1991 studio album
discovered new jack swing, featuring a more aggressive and urban sound, after reaching out to producers Antonio "L.A." Reid and Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds. In early
Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)
Dangerous_(Michael_Jackson_album)
American football player
Jorden Edmonds is an American college football cornerback for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Edmonds is from Marietta, Georgia, and is the son of former NFL
Jorden_Edmonds
American politician and football player (1935–2009)
Jack French Kemp (July 13, 1935 – May 2, 2009) was an American politician, professional football player, and U.S. Army veteran who served as the ninth
Jack_Kemp
House elections for the 120th U.S. Congress
reelection bid". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Fink, Jack (December 8, 2025). "Jasmine Crockett launches campaign for Texas Democratic
2026 United States House of Representatives elections
2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections
British actor (born 1977)
Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2026. Edmonds, Lizzie (21 October 2021). "Sam Spruell: My family are pleasantly surprised
Sam_Spruell
British game show
or No Deal is a British game show. It was originally presented by Noel Edmonds from 31 October 2005 to 23 December 2016 on Channel 4, and then by Stephen
Deal or No Deal (British game show)
Deal_or_No_Deal_(British_game_show)
2009 studio album by Bow Wow
by Edmonds and Darnell Bristol, as performed by Bobby Brown. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. Retrieved March 3, 2012. "Bow Wow!!Last New Jack City
New_Jack_City_II
American actress (born 1982)
Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023. Edmonds, Lizzie (October 18, 2016). "Anne Hathaway and Sienna Miller show support
Anne_Hathaway
Political party in the United Kingdom
Cotterill Nicky Crane Simon Darby Alex Davies Jim Dowson Sharon Ebanks Richard Edmonds Andrew Fountaine Jayda Fransen Paul Golding Nick Griffin Jeffrey Hamm Anthony
Restore_Britain
1977 studio album by Mink DeVille
Collection, Ben Edmonds relates how Mick Jagger dropped by the Hollywood recording studio where Jack Nitzsche was producing Cabretta: Jack had assisted on
Cabretta
English far-right avtivist
Richard Charles Edmonds (10 March 1943 – 23 December 2020) was a British far-right politician and activist. He was the deputy chairman and national organiser
Richard_Edmonds
American novelist (born 1967)
Washington University; May 8, 2014 "Bosatus, by Jeff Stilwell: thrashin' jack!". My Edmonds News. July 18, 2013. Archived from the original on July 15, 2020.
Jeff_Stilwell
British gynecologist
287–308. doi:10.1016/s0031-3955(16)33997-9. PMID 7195539. Edmonds, D K (2007). "Christopher John ("Jack") Dewhurst". BMJ. 335 (7611): 162. doi:10.1136/bmj.39266
Christopher_John_Dewhurst
presenter from its country, with the UK entry being introduced by Noel Edmonds. In recent years, the dual-commentator format during the semi-finals has
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
United_Kingdom_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest
1976 Australian film
Barmaid, a partly fictitious autobiography of Catherine Beatrice "Caddie" Edmonds, it made Helen Morse a local star and earned Jacki Weaver and Melissa Jaffer
Caddie_(film)
1981 British fantasy film by Terry Gilliam
Rappaport as Randall Kenny Baker as Fidgit Malcolm Dixon as Strutter Mike Edmonds as Og Jack Purvis as Wally Tiny Ross as Vermin Craig Warnock as Kevin David Daker
Time_Bandits
American mobster (1916–1966)
of 49. She is buried in Aigen Cemetery in Salzburg. According to Andy Edmonds' biography Bugsy's Baby: The Secret Life of Mob Queen Virginia Hill, her
Virginia_Hill
2025 campaign to display English and British flags
was founded in August 2025, calling for the public display of the Union Jack and the flags of the four nations of the United Kingdom. The stated aim of
Operation_Raise_the_Colours
40.22% Kevin Copley 11,211 22.63% Matt Stickland 11,860 23.94% Anthony Edmonds 5,725 11.56% Sybil Hogg 816 1.65% Darrell Samson South Shore—St. Margarets
Results of the 2019 Canadian federal election by riding
Results_of_the_2019_Canadian_federal_election_by_riding
American comedian, actor, and singer (born 1961)
Murphy exchanged vows with film producer Tracey Edmonds, former wife of Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, on January 1, 2008, in a private ceremony on an island
Eddie_Murphy
JACK EDMONDS
JACK EDMONDS
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).
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
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
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American Hebrew Polish English
Henry VI, Part 2' Jack Cade, a rebel.
Female
Native American
Native American Tupi name JACI means "moon."
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.
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."
Surname or Lastname
English and North German
English and North German : patronymic from Jack.
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 (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.
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.
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
Female
English
Pet form of English Jackalyn, JACKI means "supplanter."
Male
Polish
Modern form of Polish Jacenty, JACEK means "hyacinth flower."
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).
Male
English
Scottish form of English Jack, JOCK means "God is gracious."
Male
English
Short form of English Zackary, ZACK means "whom Jehovah remembered."Â
Male
Finnish
Short form of Finnish Jaako, JAAK means "supplanter."
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Godly
Girl/Female
Australian, Netherlands, Portuguese
Variant of Jack
JACK EDMONDS
JACK EDMONDS
Girl/Female
Indian
Incomparable
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Atwood.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Arundel.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu
Well Starred; God's Child; Lord Muruga
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant spelling of Rimel.German : variant of Rimmele, from Rümelin, a pet form of the Germanic personal name Ruombald, a compound of hruom ‘glory’ + balt ‘bold’, ‘brave’.
Girl/Female
Indian
Name of prophet muhammads wife (First wife of prophet mohammed (PBUH))
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Liberation
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Blossom.
Girl/Female
Indian
To try, Desire
Girl/Female
Muslim
A beautiful Raaga musical scale in hindustani indian music
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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
n.
A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
v. t.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
adv.
In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.
v. t.
To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.
n.
A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
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.
See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
n.
A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught.
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.
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.
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. i.
To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.
v. i.
To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
v. i.
To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n.
a.
Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.
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. t.
To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
n.
see Ils Jack.