Jefferson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛfəsən/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛfɚsən/
Forms: form: Jeffersons
Etymology: From Jeffrey + -son. The placenames in the United States are named for Thomas Jefferson.
Senses: examples: text: Clearly quite a number of past chief executives would have been TV washouts. Jefferson, for example, is acknowledged to have been a terrible public speaker, Madison an unimpressive little man in voice and appearance.
ref: 2011 October 28, Alonzo L. Hamby, “Would Jefferson Make the Cut?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2021:
text: Revered by the Monacan tribe as a sacred place, Natural Bridge was later purchased by Thomas Jefferson, who kept it in his estate for the rest of his life.
ref: 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN:
text: Ellis starts with Jefferson and race, writing that the Virginian, who began his career with a failed attempt to make emancipation easier, was “thoroughly embedded in the twin American dilemmas of slavery and racism […]”.
ref: 2019 November 28, John S. Gardner, “American Dialogue review: elegant history meets the Trump era”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An English surname originating as a patronymic; (US politics) used specifically of Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), the third president of the United States, principal author of the US Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential founders of the United States.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Georgia.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Clinton County, Indiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Greene County, Iowa.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Lincoln County, Maine.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Frederick County, Maryland.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A village in Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Houston County, Minnesota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Schoharie County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Ashe County, North Carolina.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A village, the county seat of Ashtabula County, Ohio.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A small town in Grant County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in Marion County, Oregon.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A borough in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A borough in York County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Union County, South Dakota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Marion County, Texas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Green County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, the city is partially within it.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Jefferson Township.
glosses: A place in the United States:
Ellipsis of Jefferson Parish.
glosses: A place in the United States:
Ellipsis of Jefferson County.
glosses: A place in the United States:
Ellipsis of Jefferson City.
glosses: A community in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
Derived terms: County of Jefferson
Jefferson City
Jefferson County
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis County
Jefferson Davis Parish
Jefferson disk
Jeffersonian
jeffersonite
Jefferson-Jackson dinner
Jefferson method
Jefferson Parish
Jeffersontown
Jeffersonville
Parish of Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Related terms: Jeffers