Jos.

A form of Joshua — A Joshua tree.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. abbreviationbiblicalAbbreviation of Joshua.
  2. abbreviationdatedAbbreviation of Joseph.

    In 1903, Joseph A. Bank founded the Jos. A. Bank & Co.

    2013, Kelly Dale Terrill, Reservoir Hill, Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, →ISBN, page 103
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    I told Jos. of my intentions, and he improved the occasion by eating four or five meals, and drinking at least a gallon of beer and a bottle of gin at my expense.

    1868, Malcolm Ronald Laing Meason, Turf Frauds and Turf Practices; or, Spiders and Flies, page 24
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