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Jacksboro

Jacksboro proper noun: a town, the county seat of Campbell County, Tennessee, United States. Shortened from Jacksonboro.

Proper noun

Jacksboro

  1. A town, the county seat of Campbell County, Tennessee, United States. Shortened from Jacksonboro.
  2. A city, the county seat of Jack County, Texas, United States. From the surname Jack.

Origin of Jacksboro

From Jack + -s- + -boro.

Questions about Jacksboro

What does Jacksboro mean?
Jacksboro means a town, the county seat of Campbell County, Tennessee, United States. Shortened from Jacksonboro.
What part of speech is Jacksboro?
Jacksboro is a proper noun.

Words near Jacksboro in the dictionary

  1. Jacks-in-the-pulpit
  2. Jacks-in-the-water
  3. jacks-of-all-trades
  4. jacksaw
  5. jacksaws
  6. Jacksboro
  7. jackscrew
  8. jackscrews
  9. jackshaft
  10. jackshafted
  11. jackshafting

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