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Definition: JACOBUS |
JACOBUSNoun1. An English gold coin, of the value of twenty-five shillings sterling, struck in the reign of James I. |
Date "JACOBUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Note: Jacobus \Ja*co"bus\, noun; plural Jacobuses. [See Jacobite.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Jacobus A gold coin of the value of 25s., struck in the reign of James I. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Jacobus, Pennsylvania."
Crosswords: JACOBUS |
| English words defined with "JACOBUS": Arminian Baptist, Arminian Church, Arminianism ♦ Broadpiece ♦ General Baptist ♦ Jacobuses. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "JACOBUS": Jacobites. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "JACOBUS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (Jack, Jacob, James). |
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Screenplays | Who's Jacobus Blitzer? (G vs E; writing credit: David Burris; Janice Engel) You don't know who Jacobus Blitzer is? (G vs E; writing credit: David Burris; Janice Engel) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Jacobus en Corneel (1984) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Blackbar soldierfish huddle within a coral reef nook. Myripristus jacobus. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). | ![]() | Jacobus Demuth / Mauritz Lang delin. et Sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | P.D. Jacobus Del Verme C.R. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Jo. Jacobus Baierus / Wolffg. Philipp Kilian Sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Rudolphus Jacobus Camerarius. / Seiller sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Jacobus Pancratius Bruno / W.P. Kilian sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Philippus Jacobus Düttelius / Jac. Andr. Fridrich Sc. Aug. Vind. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | [Miss Mildred Gilpin] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Laura Jacobus.. |
![]() | Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, New Jersey. Mr. Jacobus. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Portrait of Jacobus Arnoldus. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Human Rights | Indonesia | In November Jacobus Bere, a member of a group accused of the July 2000 killing of a New Zealand Peacekeeper, was retried for first- and second-degree murder, following a joint investigation of the incident by the Government and U.N. Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). (references) |
Political Economy | East Timor | On November 6, the trial of mid-level militiaman Jacobus Bere for the July 2000 killing of U.N. Peacekeeper Private Leonard Manning, a member of the New Zealand Army Battalion, continued. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "JACOBUS" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "JACOBUS" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "JACOBUS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Jacobus | Last name | 1,000 | 16,131 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Jacobus, PA (borough, FIPS 37640) |
Expression using "JACOBUS": Jacobus Arminius. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
jacobus stainer | 17 |
jacobus | 14 |
cheri jacobus | 5 |
jacobus stainer violin | 4 |
arminius jacobus | 4 |
jacobus pharmaceutical | 3 |
henricus hoff jacobus t van | 3 |
jacobus recourt | 3 |
1919 born feb19 find holland in jacobus nolet | 3 |
jacobus steiner | 2 |
geldof jacobus | 2 |
tim jacobus | 2 |
jacobus pa | 2 |
jacobus property | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "JACOBUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Esau-Jakob-kompleks (Esau Jacobus birthright complex, Esau Jacobus complex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | complexe d'Esaü-Jacob (Esau Jacobus birthright complex, Esau Jacobus complex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Esau-Jakob-Komplex (Esau Jacobus birthright complex, Esau Jacobus complex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύμπλεγμα Ησαύ-Ιακώβ (Esau Jacobus birthright complex, Esau Jacobus complex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acobusjay complexo de Esau-Jacob (Esau Jacobus birthright complex, Esau Jacobus complex). (various references) золотая монета XVII в. с изображением Якова I. (various references) complejo de Esaú-Jacob (Esau Jacobus birthright complex, Esau Jacobus complex). (various references) jakobin (jacobin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "JACOBUS": jacobuses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "JACOBUS" (pronounced jukō"bus) |
| 3 | -b u s | airbus, bulbous, cannabis, harquebus, ibis, Nimbus, omnibus, Phoebus, Rebus, syllabus. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-j-o-s-u" | |
-2 letters: jubas, sajou, scuba. | |
-3 letters: abos, boas, cabs, cobs, cubs, jabs, jobs, juba, ocas, scab, soja, suba. | |
-4 letters: abo, abs, bas, boa, bos, bus, cab, cob, cos, cub, jab, job, jus, oca, sab, sac, sau, sob, sou, sub. | |
-5 letters: ab, as, ba, bo, jo, os, so, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-j-o-s-u" | |
+2 letters: jacobuses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 41 43 4F 42 55 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01000001 01000011 01001111 01000010 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J A C O B U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0041 0043 004F 0042 0055 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)44353749365553 |
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