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    Jessie
    noun
    a female given name, form of Jessica.
  • jessie
    jessie
    noun
    an effeminate, weak, or cowardly boy or man

Jessie

American  
[jes-ee] / ˈdʒɛs i /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Jessica.


jessie British  
/ ˈdʒɛsɪ /

noun

  1. slang an effeminate, weak, or cowardly boy or man

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A woman I met on that film, Jessie Deeter, later produced a film called “Revenge of the Electric Car,” and Elon Musk is in that.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

And Jessie, when she worked with him on that, was a big fan.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Jessie was living in Texas until her condition worsened, and Lamar took her mother into her home in West L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

He has also appeared alongside singers Jessie J, Olly Murs, Kylie Minogue and Rita Ora in previous series, and mentored three competitors on the programme who went on to win.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

In the minutes before the eruption, eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe and her best friends Eddie and Sam were in a forest near St. Helens.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis

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