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CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
jeffersonian
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WordNet (3.0)
jeffersonian(n) a follower of Thomas Jefferson or his ideas and principles
jeffersonian(adj) relating to or characteristic of Thomas Jefferson or his principles or theories

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Jeffersonia

‖n. [ NL. Named after Thomas Jefferson. ] (Bot.) An American herb with a pretty, white, solitary blossom, and deeply two-cleft leaves (Jeffersonia diphylla); twinleaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jeffersonian

a. 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. -- n. An adherent of Jefferson or his doctrines. -- Jef`fer*so"ni*an*ism n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Jeffersonian simplicity

. The absence of pomp or display which Jefferson aimed at in his administration as President (1801-1809), eschewing display or ceremony tending to distinguish the President from the people, as in going to the capital on horseback and with no escort, the abolition of court etiquette and the weekly levee, refusal to recognize titles of honor, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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