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.

3. 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.

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

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

6. a male given name.

Jefferson

/ ˌdʒɛfəˈsəʊnɪən, 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)

Other Word Forms

• Jeffersonian adjective

Example Sentences

His new boss is the imposing Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, despotically played by Josh Brolin.

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He said he was the first from his Jefferson High graduating class of 1977 to earn a college degree.

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"The AI phenomenon is here and influencing how firms think about the labor force," US Fed Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said.

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The former president Thomas Jefferson came to the rescue, selling his library of 6,000 books to Congress to jump-start another collection.

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The same day is the bicentennial of the deaths of the two founders most responsible for that great document, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

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