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Jesse

American  
[jes-ee] / ˈdʒɛs i /

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the father of David.

  2. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “God exists.”


Jesse British  
/ ˈdʒɛsɪ /

noun

  1. Old Testament the father of David (I Samuel 16)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Apple beat on revenue and EPS, but nobody’s celebrating,” Investing.com senior analyst Jesse Cohen wrote in a Monday note.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Fellow tech entrepreneur Jesse Ouellette posted on LinkedIn about Robinson's death, saying he had helped him when he was building his company.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Jesse Cohen, an analyst at Investing.com, called Microsoft’s results a “counterweight” to Alphabet’s and Meta Platforms’

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

“We’re going to create one billion fans,” says Jesse Cole, the Bananas’ omnipresent founder, owner and yellow-tuxedoed impresario.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

I’m not sure what Jesse would have done.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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