I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|sōnēən, -nyən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Thomas Jefferson + English -ian
: of, associated with, or favoring Thomas Jefferson or Jeffersonianism
the Jeffersonian states' rights school — R.G.McCloskey
the underlying assumptions of Jeffersonian democracy — Gerald Stourzh
II. noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
: a follower of Thomas Jefferson : an adherent of Jeffersonianism
continuity between the Federalists and the Jeffersonians — Times Literary Supplement
modern Jeffersonians … believe in government intervention in economic life — Reinhold Niebuhr