Jefferson

[ jef-er-suhn ]

noun
  1. Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.

  2. Thomas, 1743–1826, U.S. statesman, diplomat, architect, and author: 3rd president of the U.S. 1801–09.

  1. a river in southwestern Montana, flowing generally northeast to join the Madison and Gallatin rivers to form the Missouri River. 225 miles (362 km) long.

  2. Mount Jefferson, a mountain in northwestern Oregon, in the Cascade Range. 10,497 feet (3,199 meters).

  3. Mount Jefferson, a mountain in northern New Hampshire, in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. 5,715 feet (1,742 meters).

  4. a male given name.

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How to use Jefferson in a sentence

  • Then, if you gentlemen are successful here, and capture Fulton and Jefferson City, our brightest hopes will be fulfilled.

  • There were but five hundred men guarding the important post of Jefferson City.

  • “Steed”—Jefferson rode on horseback to the Capitol to take his oath of office as President.

    Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
  • Jefferson Davis disguised himself in the hood, shawl, and dress of his wife in 1865.

    Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
  • It was at this convention that a written treatise on American rights was prepared for the convention by Thomas Jefferson.

British Dictionary definitions for Jefferson

Jefferson

/ (ˈdʒɛfəsən) /


noun
  1. Thomas. 1743–1826, US statesman: secretary of state (1790–93); third president (1801–09). He was the chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence (1776), the chief opponent of the centralizing policies of the Federalists under Hamilton, and effected the Louisiana Purchase (1803)

Derived forms of Jefferson

  • Jeffersonian (ˌdʒɛfəˈsəʊnɪən), adjective, noun

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