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Jeffersonian, a. and n. U.S. Hist. and Politics.|dʒɛfəˈsəʊnɪən|
[f. the name of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States 1801 to 1809.]
A. adj. Pertaining to President Jefferson, or holding the political doctrines held by or attributed to him (now called democratic, q.v.).
1800Connecticut Courant 6 Oct. 1/3 The Jeffersonian party boast, that the increase of Jacobinism has been great in the Northern part of the United States, within the last year. 1806Balance (Hudson, N.Y.) V. 35/3 Occlusion..is a Jeffersonian word. 1813Niles' Reg. IV. Suppl. 65/1 This is true Jeffersonian, Madisonian, democratic economy. 1838U.S. Mag & Democratic Rev. Jan. 145 Jeffersonian republicanism. 1856Olmsted Slave States 302 A resolute determination..not to be driven from the Jeffersonian creed upon Slavery. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. II. iii. liii. 333 One of these two parties carried on, under the name of Democrats, the dogmas and traditions of the Jeffersonian Republicans. Ibid. 342 In applying Jeffersonian doctrines the slave-holders stopped when they came to a black skin. 1972Science 16 June 1223/3 The group takes a Jeffersonian view of the virtues of rotation in office and recommends that a committee member's service be limited to a 3-year term. 1972Listener 21 Dec. 858 They didn't say: ‘Yessir, Mr Jefferson, we are going to conquer the North-West for Jeffersonian democracy.’
B. n. A supporter or follower of Jefferson; an adherent of the political doctrines held by or attributed to him: a Democrat.
1799Spectator (N.Y.) 3 Apr. 1/1 Rouse, ye insurgents, rioters, refugees, and deserters! Ye friends to liberty and equality... Ye Jeffersonians, Gallatonians, Nicholites. 1803Fredericktown (Maryland) Herald 30 Apr. 3/3 A thorough going Jeffersonian. 1880Libr. Univ. Knowl. (N.Y.) I. 91 The Jeffersonians were eager for discriminations against England. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. II. iii. liii. 326 The Jeffersonians had more faith in the masses and in leaving things alone, together with less respect for authority. 1948Antioch Rev. Spring 10 American Federalists openly sympathized with British Tories and American Jeffersonians with French Girondists.
Hence Jefferˈsonianism, the political doctrines held by or attributed to Jefferson.
1876H. C. Lodge in N. Amer. Rev. CXXIII. 137 Ultimately Jeffersonianism must have prevailed, but at the time of its actual triumph it came too soon. |