Thomas Jefferson
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2.1
- proper noun
- /ˈtɑːməs ˈdʒɛfərsən/
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Thomas Jefferson
- While seeing the New Republic as a resurgence of the ancient Greek democratic ideal, enlightened Founders, such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton, were all too aware of the forebodings of the classical historians to be very optimistic about the future of the Republic.
- President Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
Examples
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With that, Thomas Jefferson turned his horse around and made his way back to the White House.
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Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight." - Thomas Jefferson
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Even Thomas Jefferson knew this.
Academic text (2010) -
Later on in the year 1819, Thomas Jefferson founded our first university in the United States of America.
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The wall-of-separation metaphor is commonly attributed to Thomas Jefferson.
Academic text (1991) -
National leaders such as Thomas Jefferson viewed American yeomen as the new natural aristocracy of the country.
Academic text (1991) -
"I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude." - Thomas Jefferson
Blog text (1) -
Specifically, I am presenting a case for "limited government," the kind of state that is sometimes called "Jeffersonian," after Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States.
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Thinkers such as Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine spoke out against superstition and dogma, whatever the denomination, in the frameworks for their new country.
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Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Synonyms
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2.5
The third President of the United States who wrote the Declaration of Independence and bought Louisiana
Surface Forms
Morphology
Thomas + Jefferson
This is a proper name referring to a specific historical person; knowing the constituent words 'Thomas' and 'Jefferson' as names does not allow a learner to infer the encyclopedic facts (third U.S. president, author of the Declaration). Proper names are referential rather than compositional, so the MWE's meaning is not derivable from its parts without prior exposure.
Etymology
Thomas Jefferson was an American leader who wrote much of the 'Declaration of Independence', later served as the third U.S. president, and arranged the large 'Louisiana Purchase'. Because he wrote the nation's key words and added a huge amount of land, his name now stands for early American leadership and big political change.