Jonah UK /ˈd͡ʒəʊnə/US /ˈd͡ʒoʊnə/ noun2 •(slang) A person who brings a ship bad luck.Superstitious sailors regarded a clergyman as an unlucky shipmate, a Jonah whose presence would never be welcome. — 2008 •(slang) Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx.‘My first agent, and he's dead. It's incredible. I feel like a complete Jonah.’ — 1979 formsJonahs