Jeffrey

American  

[jef-ree] / ˈdʒɛf ri /

noun

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

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

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Jeffrey British  

/ 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

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Example Sentences

Lord Mandelson has said he never saw girls at Jeffrey Epstein's properties, and declined to apologise to the late paedophile's victims for maintaining his friendship with the American because he was not "knowledgeable of what he was doing".

From BBC

Downing Street said the emails showed the "depth and extent" of the relationship was "materially different" to what they had known when appointing Lord Mandelson, particularly his "suggestion that Jeffrey Epstein's first conviction was wrongful and should be challenged was new information".

From BBC

A House committee wants to question Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime lawyer Darren Indyke, in-house accountant Richard Kahn and billionaire client Leslie Wexner.

From The Wall Street Journal

That timeline “is longer than most investors had expected,” BMO Capital Markets analyst Jeffrey Silber wrote in a Wednesday note, “though the 2026 spend is likely lower than most had forecast.”

From Barron's

With Michigan State up by 21 midway through the fourth quarter, referee Jeffrey Anderson stopped the game and pointed toward Davis, who was sitting three rows up from the court on the opposite side of the teams’ benches.

From Los Angeles Times