JEFFERSONIAN


Meaning of JEFFERSONIAN in English

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

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