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Jenifer

Jenifer proper noun: a female given name from Cornish, a less common form of Jennifer.

Proper noun

Jenifer (countable and uncountable, plural Jenifers)

  1. A female given name from Cornish, a less common form of Jennifer.
    • "If you don't mind," said Sister Jenifer, "you had better dress like a Socialist. Wear a very soft hat, a very low collar, and a very red or green tie, done loose in the French fashion, and nobody will wonder at your looking clean, or at your asking questions."1912, Laurence Housman, King John of Jingalo
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.

Forms of Jenifer

pluralJenifers

Origin of Jenifer

See Jennifer.

Questions about Jenifer

What does Jenifer mean?
Jenifer means a female given name from Cornish, a less common form of Jennifer.
What part of speech is Jenifer?
Jenifer is a proper noun.

Words near Jenifer in the dictionary

  1. Jeng
  2. Jenga
  3. jengkol
  4. Jenglish
  5. Jengs
  6. Jenifer
  7. Jenifers
  8. jeniguana
  9. Jenilee
  10. Jenilyn
  11. Jenin

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