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jos

jos is the plural of jo.

Meaning of jo

Noun (1)

jo (plural jos)

  1. (Scotland) Darling, sweetheart.
    • On Old long syne my Jo,
      on Old long syne,
      That thou canst never once reflect,
      on Old long syne.1711, traditional, published by James Watson, Old Long Syne

Noun (2)

jo (plural jo)

  1. The staff used in the Japanese martial art of jodo or jojutsu.

See all 4 meanings of jo

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Jos

Jos

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Joseph.
    • […] 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
    • 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 9–10

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Jos

Jos

  1. A city, the state capital of Plateau State, Nigeria.
    Synonyms:
    J-Town

Noun capitalized: JOs

JOs

  1. (plural) plural of JO

Synonyms of jos

Phrases with jos

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Questions about jos

What does jos mean?
Jos means a diminutive of the male given name Joseph.
What is jos the plural of?
Jos is the plural of jo.
What part of speech is jos?
Jos can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near jos in the dictionary

  1. jorums
  2. Jory
  3. Jorăști
  4. Jorō spider
  5. Jorō spiders
  6. jos
  7. Jos.
  8. josamycin
  9. Joscelyne
  10. Jose
  11. Jose Abad Santos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jos (page history and authors); Jos (page history and authors); JOs (page history and authors); jo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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