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Jeffersonian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌd͡ʒɛfɚˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ (General-American)
  • /ˌd͡ʒɛfəˈsəʊ.ni.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Jefferson Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Jeffersonian From Jefferson + -ian.

Meanings

  1. Of or relating to Thomas Jefferson, or to his political theories.

Jeffersonian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌd͡ʒɛfɚˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ (General-American)
  • /ˌd͡ʒɛfəˈsəʊ.ni.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Jefferson Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Jeffersonian From Jefferson + -ian.

Meanings

  1. A follower of Thomas Jefferson, or an advocate of his political theories.
    • He was a staunch Jeffersonian in a state where few existed (he never put any money in a bank, and seems to have embodied Jefferson’s egalitarian faith in the capacities of common folk). Finally, Bingham saw the early American republic as a new political beginning for humankind, and his more than one million schoolbooks sold across the land were designed to produce republican citizens. The Columbian Orator was an elocution manual as well as a reader for school children in the new republic. 1997 [1797], David W. Blight, “Editor's Introduction: The Peculiar Dialogue Between Caleb Bingham and Frederick Douglass”, in Caleb Bingham, edited by David W. Blight, The Columbian Orator, Bicentennial Edition (1997 republishing), New York University Press, →ISBN:

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Jeffersonian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌd͡ʒɛfɚˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ (General-American)
  • /ˌd͡ʒɛfəˈsəʊ.ni.ən/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English Jefferson Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Jeffersonian From Jefferson + -ian.

Meanings

  1. A sub-age from 475 to 473 million years ago, a subdivision of the Ordovician.

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