Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A member of a Germanic people who invaded Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries A.D. and settled in the south and southeast and on the Isle of Wight.
Wiktionary
- n. A member of the Germanic tribe that existed in modern-day Denmark that invaded England about the same time as the Angles and the Saxons in the beginning of the Middle Ages, but were eventually either consumed culturally or driven out of the island.
Etymologies
- From Latin plural Jutae, Juti (in Bede), corresponding to Old English Ēotas, Īotas. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *eutaz. (Wiktionary)
- From Middle English Jutes, the Jutes, from Medieval Latin Iutae, from Old English Iotas, Iutan; akin to Old English Gēat, Geat. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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“Jute, which is also called the 'Golden Fibre', is one of the most useful, economic and versatile fibres.”
“Jute," said Bones with relish, "or, as we call it, _Corcharis capsilaris_, is the famous jute tree.”
“But even the most aesthetically inclined still bow to what art critic André Jute calls the "religion of ergonomics.”
“Seasons of Plenty has the massive spaceship Plenty, commandeered by Tabitha Jute at the end of the previous book, setting off for (with any luck) Proxima Centauri, loaded with many inhabitants of different communities and factions, and also endowed with a certain life of its own.”
April Books 9) One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez
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“Born to a family of JK Jute Mill worker, his early days were tough.”
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Greening America: One Household at a Time - Talking with Susan Agate and Mike Slutsky, Part Two
“Spring is coming and you need a fancy Jute Bag to carry your beach reading.”
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