Jeffrey

[jef-ree]

noun

1. Francis Lord Jeffrey, 1773–1850, Scottish jurist, editor, and critic.

2. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “divine peace.”

Jeffrey

/ ˈdʒɛfrɪ /

noun

1. Francis, Lord. 1773–1850, Scottish judge and literary critic. As editor of the Edinburgh Review (1803–29), he was noted for the severity of his criticism of the romantic poets, esp Wordsworth

Example Sentences

But it’s not just his own mortality, shrinking mental acuity and the Jeffrey Epstein case that is scaring him.

From Salon

Ed Gein may not be America’s most infamous serial killer — he’s eclipsed by the likes of Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer in the public imagination — but his macabre crimes were fodder for several classic horror movies that are permanently imprinted on American minds.

From Los Angeles Times

This year, the constitutional revolution – “a historic constitutional course correction.” as legal scholars Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn and Yaniv Roznai put it – turns to transgender politics.

From Salon

Polanski told BBC South East he wants to legalise all drugs, calling for an approach "led by public health experts, not politicians", following previous calls for legalisation by Kent Green councillor Stuart Jeffrey.

From BBC

Most recently, prosecutors used it in cases against singer R Kelly, and Jeffrey Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

From BBC