Jerome Hear it!

Jerome1 definition

Je·rome (jə rōm′, jer′əm)

noun

a masculine name: dim. Jerry

Etymology: Fr Jérôme < L Hieronymus < Gr Hierōnymos < hieros, holy (see hiero-) + onyma, name

Jerome2 definition

Je·rome (jə rōm′)

Jerome, Saint (born Eusebius Hieronymus Sophronius) ( 340?-420); monk & church scholar, born in Pannonia: author of the Vulgate: his day is Sept. 30

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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