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Jeffries

Jeffries proper noun: a surname originating as a patronymic.

Proper noun

Jeffries (plural Jeffrieses)

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    • [Hakeem] Jeffries hailed the Obamas as “brilliant, compassionate and patriotic Americans” and denounced Trump as “a vile, unhinged and malignant bottom feeder”.2026 February 7, Richard Luscombe, Shrai Popat, Robert Mackey, “Trump refuses to apologize for video with racist imagery of Obamas posted on his social media”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from...

Forms of Jeffries

pluralJeffrieses

Origin of Jeffries

From Jeffrey + -s (patronymic).

Questions about Jeffries

What does Jeffries mean?
Jeffries means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What part of speech is Jeffries?
Jeffries is a proper noun.

Words near Jeffries in the dictionary

  1. jeffreyite
  2. Jeffreys
  3. Jeffreys prior
  4. Jeffreys priors
  5. Jeffrie
  6. Jeffries
  7. Jeffrieses
  8. Jeffry
  9. jeffs
  10. Jeffy
  11. Jefko

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