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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Thomas Jefferson or his political attitudes and theories.
- n. A follower of Thomas Jefferson or a proponent of his politics.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States (1801-9), and the first great leader of the Democratic (first called Anti-Federal and later Democratic-Republican) party; also, adopting the political theories held by or attributed to Jefferson.
- n. In United States politics, a supporter or an admirer of Thomas Jefferson; one who professes to accept his political doctrines; a Democrat.
Wiktionary
- adj. Of, or relating to Thomas Jefferson, or his political theories.
- n. A follower of Thomas Jefferson, or an advocate of his political theories.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson (third President of the United States) or his political doctrines, which were those of the Republicanism of his time, as opposed to those of the Federalists.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a follower of Thomas Jefferson or his ideas and principles
- adj. relating to or characteristic of Thomas Jefferson or his principles or theories
Examples
“He was taught by George With, who had taught Thomas Jefferson, and a great many other luminaries of Virginia, so his whole background was what we call Jeffersonian Republicanism.”
“A superstitious belief in "Jeffersonian" property rights could serve as a useful commitment device regardless of its metaphysical merits.”
Normal Criticism of the New Deal, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“It is a utopia of human beings living together in Jeffersonian freedom.”
“After a few seasons of increasingly wild explanations, the show doesn't even try to rationalize why the Jeffersonian is CSI.”
“And this, coming from a Jeffersonian, is a big deal. —”
“The people who afterwards became known as Jeffersonian Republicans numbered in their ranks the extremists who had been active as the founders of”
The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807
“The scandal of newspaperdom in Georgia is, of course, Tom Watson, who publishes the "Jeffersonian" -- a misnamed paper if there ever was one -- in the town of Thomson.”
“Note 37: Howard B. Rock, "A Woman's Place in Jeffersonian New York: The View from the Independent Mechanic,”
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
“Rock, Howard B., ed. "A Woman's Place in Jeffersonian New York: The View from the Independent Mechanic.”
Advocating The Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
“This in turn produced a liberal theological reaction where in some Christian quarters a "Jeffersonian"-type de-supernaturalizing of Jesus was in full swing.”
The Huffington Post: Matt J. Rossano: Creationism: That (Not So) Old Time Religion
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