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Jaycees

Jaycees

1 8.9
A local group of young people who work to help their community and learn to be leaders
  • proper noun
  • /ˈdʒeɪsiːz/
  • Jargon
: Jaycees
  • He's at a Jaycees meeting.
  • Jaycees Tournament
  • Houston Jaycees
  • Woodstock Jaycees

Examples

  • Many young professionals join the Jaycees to develop their leadership skills.

  • When my parents gave me permission to visit the local Denver Jaycees Haunted House, I was shocked.

    Blog text (23)

  • The sixteen-painting display in question was owned by the city but is now in the care of the Jaycees.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Fewer than a third of the people who usually came to the annual Picnic in the Park showed up this year, and even the Jaycees' fireworks display was sparsely attended.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The court noted that the city and Jaycees worked together closely to continue the annual Christmas observance in Washington Park, where the town allowed permanent concrete and metal stands to be erected to hold the paintings.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The local Jaycees organized a charity event to improve the community park.

  • As a member of the Jaycees, she volunteers regularly for community service projects.

Synonyms

Jaycee
vsJaycees
  • Jargon
1 8.0

A member of a group for young people who learn leadership and help the community

includes either an individual or a local chapter of the same civic group

Surface Forms

Jaycees main

Morphology

Jaycees = Jaycee (transparent) = Jaycee + s

The plural '-s' is a straightforward grammatical pluralization of the proper noun 'Jaycee'; the base 'Jaycee' names a member of the organization.

Etymology

Jaycees comes from the initials J.C., short for the Junior Chamber. The Junior Chamber is a club for 'young adults' who learn leadership and do community service, and saying the letters J.C. out loud became 'Jaycees', so the word now means that club or its members.