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Jefferson

Jefferson

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The third President of the United States who wrote the Declaration of Independence and bought Louisiana
  • proper noun
  • /ˈdʒɛfərsən/
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  • It's Thomas Jefferson versus Aaron Burr versus Alexander Hamilton.
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Jefferson wrote
  • Jefferson's Notes

When someone says Thomas Jefferson, what springs to mind?

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Examples

  • Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States, authored the Declaration of Independence.

  • And, you know, Thomas Jefferson wrote about all men are created equal.

  • The president we need today is Thomas Jefferson.

  • When someone says Thomas Jefferson, what springs to mind?

  • You know that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on the same day.

  • Great example of that would be Thomas Jefferson, who was a deist.

  • And Thomas Jefferson and Hamilton really disliked each other.

  • However, the concept of natural rights did not originate with Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Among the clearest voices of the Enlightenment is that of Thomas Jefferson.

  • The Washington Monument soars in the distance with the Jefferson Memorial just a speck beyond.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

Thomas Jefferson
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The third President of the United States who wrote much of the Declaration of Independence and led the Louisiana Purchase

is the same summary but written with slightly different phrasing

Compounds

A holiday that remembers the birth of Jefferson Davis on June 3 in some southern US states

Surface Forms

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Etymology

The name Jefferson comes from the English family name made of Jeffrey + -son, meaning 'son of Jeffrey'. It began as a simple way to show family, which is why Jefferson is used as the last name of Thomas Jefferson.