Jefferson

[ jef-er-suhn ]

noun

1. Joseph, 1829–1905, U.S. actor.
2. Thomas, 1743–1826, U.S. statesman, diplomat, architect, and author: 3rd president of the U.S. 1801–09.
3. a river in southwestern Montana, flowing generally northeast to join the Madison and Gallatin rivers to form the Missouri River. 225 miles (362 km) long.
4. Mount Jefferson, a mountain in northwestern Oregon, in the Cascade Range. 10,497 feet (3,199 meters).
5. Mount Jefferson, a mountain in northern New Hampshire, in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. 5,715 feet (1,742 meters).
6. a male given name.

Jefferson

/ ˌdʒɛfəˈsəʊnɪən; ˈdʒɛfəsən /

noun

1. JeffersonThomas17431826MUSPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Thomas. 1743–1826, US statesman: secretary of state (1790–93); third president (1801–09). He was the chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence (1776), the chief opponent of the centralizing policies of the Federalists under Hamilton, and effected the Louisiana Purchase (1803)

Derived Forms

• Jeffersonian, adjectivenoun

Example Sentences

Artists like the Doors, Cream and the Jefferson Airplane had come on the scene celebrating sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll.

From Los Angeles Times

“What human being would want to live anywhere but Jefferson City?”

From New York Times

The earliest on the program, “Jefferson and Liberty” from 1800, included the verse: “Here strangers from thousand shores/Compell’d by tyranny to roam;/Shall find, amidst abundant stores,/A nobler and a happier home.”

From Los Angeles Times

For example, the ideas of moral and intellectual advancement that Jefferson championed in the context of a so-called natural aristocracy were reinterpreted within a framework of collective advancement for all Black Americans.

From Salon

My mother likes to take my daughter to church, Saints Tabernacle Cogic on Jefferson.

From Los Angeles Times