Jameson

American  

[jeym-suhn] / ˈdʒeɪm sən /

noun

1. Sir Leander Starr Doctor Jameson, 1853–1917, Scottish physician and statesman: colonial administrator in South Africa.

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Jameson British  

/ ˈdʒeɪmsən /

noun

1. Sir Leander Starr. 1853–1917, British administrator in South Africa, who led an expedition into the Transvaal in 1895 in an unsuccessful attempt to topple its Boer regime (the Jameson Raid ); prime minister of Cape Colony (1904–08)

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Example Sentences

Pernod, based in Paris, oversees a portfolio of 200 spirits brands, including Jameson Irish whiskey and Beefeater London gin, and has a market value of around $17 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

It carries a $65,000 price tag and comes from a distillery whose roots go back 200 years, the same place where brands like Jameson are produced.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

“Greenland offers a density of critical natural resources that is virtually unmatched,” says Robert Price, CEO of the Texas-based oil-drilling company March GL, which is looking to extract oil from Greenland’s Jameson Land basin.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

John Jameson:, external Won the County Championship with Warwickshire and played four times for England.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

Do you know of the Jameson Raid, described as a “fiasco”? Marvellous punctuation story.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author