jo

¹

Or joe

[joh]

noun

Scot.

plural

joes 

1. beloved one; darling; sweetheart.

Jo

²

[joh]

noun

1. a female given name, form of Josephine.

2. a male given name, form of Joseph.

jo

¹

/ dʒəʊ /

noun

1. a Scot word for sweetheart

jo

²

abbreviation

1. Jordan

Word History and Origins

Origin of jo¹

First recorded in 1520–30; variant of joy

Word History and Origins

Origin of jo¹

C16: alteration of _joy

Example Sentences

But Jo Grady, UCU general secretary, described the cuts as "brutal", adding that staff had become "demoralised, exhausted and furious" and that "undervalued and poorly served" students were feeling the impact too.

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She also said her social media had "gone into meltdown with threats and abuse", adding "we need only look at the tragedies of Jo Cox and Sir David Amess to understand the dangers of such reckless language," she said.

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Jo Cox was the Labour MP for Batley and Spen and was killed in 2016.

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And then there's small scale solutions such as Jo's Odd Shoes, founded by Jo O'Callaghan who lost her right leg to complex regional pain syndrome.

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Jo White, the MP for Bassetlaw, said voters needed to see a "tangible benefit" from Labour's climate policies - and she called for grants for heat pumps and solar panels to be given to "working people" not just those on benefits.

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