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Jem

Jem proper noun: a diminutive of the male given names James, Jeremy, and Jeremiah.

Proper noun

Jem

  1. A diminutive of the male given names James, Jeremy, and Jeremiah.
    • You may know what one man thinks of another by his manner of calling him. Thomas and James and Richard and William are stupid young gentlemen; Tom and Jem and Dick and Will are fine spirited fellows.1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Jemima.

Questions about Jem

What does Jem mean?
Jem means a diminutive of the male given names James, Jeremy, and Jeremiah.
What part of speech is Jem?
Jem is a proper noun.

Words near Jem in the dictionary

  1. Jelum
  2. jelutong
  3. jelutongs
  4. Jelveti
  5. Jelvetis
  6. Jem
  7. jemadar
  8. jemadars
  9. Jemalong
  10. Jemappes
  11. jemautdar

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