Meanings
jos1
- pluralplural of jo
Jos2
- A diminutive of the male given name Joseph.
Joseph Rudge and his family had for some time been living in the new hut, about twenty miles from the head station. […] "Right, Jos," said Mat Clark, his mate; […]
1867, William Henry G. Kingston, editor, Taking tales for cottage homes, pages 9–101 more example
[…] Mr. Jos had the honour of leading out the Countess of Schlusselback, an old lady with a hump back, but with sixteen good quarters of nobility and related to half the royal houses of Germany.
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 63, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
Jos3
JOs4
- pluralplural of JO
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA city, the state capital of Plateau State, Nigeria.
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