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John Paul Jones   /dʒɑn pɔl dʒoʊnz/   Listen
John Paul Jones

noun
1.
American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792).  Synonym: Jones.






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"John Paul Jones" Quotes from Famous Books



... heirs. He had always cherished a fancy for the sturdy, black-haired boy who had made him that visit. The will provided that John Paul should add the planter's name to his own. The young captain did not object to this, and so henceforth he was known as John Paul Jones. ...
— Historic Boyhoods • Rupert Sargent Holland

... Cambridge Flag, and was displayed when Washington first took command of the army at Cambridge. It was raised on December 3, 1775, on the Alfred, flagship of the new little American Navy, by the senior Lieutenant of the ship, John Paul Jones, who later defended it gallantly in many ...
— Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts • Girl Scouts

... lieutenants was also provided, among whom stands out boldly the name of John Paul Jones. John Manly, whose dashing work in the schooner "Lee" we have already noticed, was left in command of his little craft until the thirty-two-gun ship "Hancock" was completed, when he was put ...
— The Naval History of the United States - Volume 1 (of 2) • Willis J. Abbot

... quarter-deck of the Niagara, to renew the conflict, rally his vessels, and snatch a triumph from the shadow of disaster. It was one of the great moments in the storied annals of the American navy, comparable with a John Paul Jones shouting "We have not yet begun to fight!" from the deck of the shattered, water-logged Bon Homme Richard, or a Farragut lashed in the rigging and roaring "Damn the ...
— The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 - The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 • Ralph D. Paine



Words linked to "John Paul Jones" :   naval commander, Jones



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