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Jos. en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of Joshua.
    alt of Joshua
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, dated) Abbreviation of Joseph.
    alt of Joseph
    • 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:
    • 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: