Jefferson meaning

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(person) 1743-1826; Am. statesman: 3d president of the U.S. (1801-09): drew up the Declaration of Independence.
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An English patronymic surname​.
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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.
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(slang, US) A two-dollar bill.
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Origin of jefferson

  • From Jeffrey +‎ -son

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Jefferson Sentence Examples

  • Didn't Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, believe the Constitution should be rewritten every twenty years so that no one was governed by a document they had no say in creating?

  • You are right to quote Jefferson, but you chose the wrong quote.

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