jeffersonian
/ˌd͡ʒɛfɚˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to Thomas Jefferson, or to his political theories.
noun
A follower of Thomas Jefferson, or an advocate of his political theories.
name
A sub-age from 475 to 473 million years ago, a subdivision of the Ordovician.
Example Sentences
- "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."
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.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌd͡ʒɛfɚˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
- British English: /ˌd͡ʒɛfəˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
Inflected Forms
Jeffersonians (plural)
the Jeffersonian (canonical)