Jethro
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) the father-in-law of Moses.
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a male given name.
noun
Example Sentences
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When series lead Mark Harmon left the show in 2021, his character Jethro Gibbs simply retired to Alaska.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
He plays it in a way that’s equal parts grunting and scatting and which, as Kirk biographer John Kruth has noted, was essentially adopted wholesale by rock star Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
Defensive line coach Jethro Franklin’s two-year contract will pay him $350,000 in the first year and $375,000 in the second.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025
Cave's 15-year-old son Arthur died in Brighton in a cliff-jumping accident in 2015 and his eldest son Jethro died aged 31 in Melbourne in 2022.
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025
At first the miles seemed to pass faster than they had on the trip into town, but for all that, Jethro began to grow tired after three hours or so had gone by.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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