Jefferson

plural Jeffersons

1. countableAn English surname originating as a patronymic; (US politics) used specifically of Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), the third president of the United States, principal author of the US Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential founders of the United States.

   Revered by the Monacan tribe as a sacred place, Natural Bridge was later purchased by Thomas Jefferson, who kept it in his estate for the rest of his life.

   2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN

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   Clearly quite a number of past chief executives would have been TV washouts. Jefferson, for example, is acknowledged to have been a terrible public speaker, Madison an unimpressive little man in voice and appearance.

   2011 October 28, Alonzo L. Hamby, “Would Jefferson Make the Cut?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2021

   Ellis starts with Jefferson and race, writing that the Virginian, who began his career with a failed attempt to make emancipation easier, was “thoroughly embedded in the twin American dilemmas of slavery and racism […]”.

   2019 November 28, John S. Gardner, “American Dialogue review: elegant history meets the Trump era”, in The Guardian

2. countableA male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama.
   2. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Park County, Colorado.
   4. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Jackson County, Georgia.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Washington Township, Clinton County, Indiana.
   6. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Greene County, Iowa.
   7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kansas.
   8. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.
   9. countableuncountableA town in Lincoln County, Maine.
   10. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Frederick County, Maryland.
   11. countableuncountableA village in the town of Holden, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
   12. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Houston County, Minnesota.
   13. countableuncountableA town in Coos County, New Hampshire.
   14. countableuncountableA town and census-designated place therein, in Schoharie County, New York.
   15. countableuncountableA town, the county seat of Ashe County, North Carolina.
   16. countableuncountableA village, the county seat of Ashtabula County, Ohio.
   17. countableuncountableA small town in Grant County, Oklahoma.
   18. countableuncountableA city in Marion County, Oregon.
   19. countableuncountableA borough in Greene County, Pennsylvania.
   20. countableuncountableA borough in York County, Pennsylvania.
   21. countableuncountableA town in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
   22. countableuncountableA minor city in Union County, South Dakota.
   23. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Marion County, Texas.
   24. countableuncountableA census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
   25. countableuncountableA town in Green County, Wisconsin.
   26. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Wisconsin.
   27. countableuncountableA town in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, the city is partially within it.
   28. countableuncountableA town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
   29. countableuncountableA town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
   30. countableuncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Jefferson Township.
   31. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Jefferson Parish.
   32. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Jefferson County.
   33. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Jefferson City.
4. countableuncountableA community in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.

plural Jeffersons

1. USslangA two-dollar bill.

   "Gambling's not my form of masochism," said Carl. "Huh?" "So how much?" "The wad's mostly ones. Some Jeffersons. Two or three Abes."

   1996, J. Madison Davis, And the Angels Sing, page 210