Advertisement

Advertisement

Jesse

[ jes-ee ]

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the father of David.
  2. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “God exists.”


Jesse

/ ˈdʒɛsɪ /

noun

  1. Old Testament the father of David (I Samuel 16)
“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


Discover More

Example Sentences

In fact, the only ones bothered by the relentless rain were the adults—me and my husband, Jesse, and Huck’s parents, Dev and Marian.

In-game, one interaction jokingly casts doubt about McCree's first name being Joel, but it was officially Jesse.

Jesse is disfellowshipped by Jehovah’s Witnesses after a church member outs him.

Jesse and I have both been camping since we were kids, which means we have the skills and knowledge to escape the crowds by retreating into the backcountry.

“Your position, however, means that we will not be able to accommodate Jesse’s request for an interview on policing,” Gustafson wrote to VOSD managing editor Sara Libby.

Among African Americans, the likes of Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, or Jeremiah Wright cannot do it.

But probably because we co-edited the Deadline Artists anthologies with our friend Jesse Angelo, we feel a fidelity to the form.

There, Jesse once again spotted Wahlberg and his friends lurking.

That day, Jesse Coleman, a 12-year-old black boy, and his older brother and sister were walking back to their home in Dorchester.

With Mac and Jesse we wanted to establish a friendship that was mostly a product of their common situation and enclosed world.

And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.

"Golly, but she's a gold dollar in a gold bank," remarked Jesse Bulrush warmly as he lurched into the street.

You don't mean that I was of more use than the nurse—than the future Mrs. Jesse Bulrush?

She was not, however, prepared to see Jesse Bulrush drive up with a buggy after breakfast and take Crozier away.

They are the old mangy bears that bother tourists, Jesse James bears, that they want to get rid of.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


jessantJesselton