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Jerome

[ juh-rohm; British jer-uhm ]

noun

  1. Saint Eusebius Hieronymus, a.d. c340–420, Christian ascetic and Biblical scholar: chief preparer of the Vulgate version of the Bible.
  2. Jerome K(lap·ka) [klap, -k, uh], 1859–1927, English humorist and playwright.
  3. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sacred name.”


Jerome

/ dʒəˈrəʊm /

noun

  1. Jerome, Saint?347?420MRomanRELIGION: monkMISC: scholarRELIGION: saint Latin name Eusebius Hieronymus. ?347–?420 ad , Christian monk and scholar, whose outstanding work was the production of the Vulgate. Feast day: Sept 30
  2. JeromeJerome K(lapka)18591927MEnglishWRITING: humorous writer Jerome K ( lapka ). 1859–1927, English humorous writer; author of Three Men in a Boat (1889)
“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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Jennie Jerome, who went on to become Lady Randolph Churchill, was born in Brooklyn in 1854.

By Jerome Groopman, New Yorker Researchers get closer to outwitting a killer.

Producers Timbaland, Jerome “J-Roc” Harmon and Rodney Jerkins are all at the top of their game working with Jackson.

The author of more than forty books, Jerome Charyn is known in various, not always overlapping reading communities.

Jerome Charyn, the author of I Am Abraham finds the romance in an icon.

Jerome also describes their appearance at the same period in words which are almost equally applicable to-day.

We have already seen the very strong opinion entertained on this subject by Jerome, the contemporary of Augustine.

This is taken either from Jerome, in his Epistle against Jovinian, lib.

Jerome gazed at the indignant youth with a mingling of surprise and pity.

Jerome looked with something like pity at the questioning youth.

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