WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Jacobs n 1: English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943) [syn: Jacobs, W. W. Jacobs, William Wymark Jacobs] 2: United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916) [syn: Jacobs, Jane Jacobs] 3: Dutch physician who opened the first birth control clinic in the world in Amsterdam (1854-1929) [syn: Jacobs, Aletta Jacobs]