Jefferson-day
noun
1.
April 13, Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
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[jef-er-soh-nee-uh n] /ˌdʒɛf ərˈsoʊ ni ən/ adjective 1. pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas , especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society. noun 2. a supporter of Thomas or Jeffersonianism. 1799 (n.), […]
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[jef-er-soh-nee-uh n] /ˌdʒɛf ərˈsoʊ ni ən/ adjective 1. pertaining to or advocating the political principles and doctrines of Thomas , especially those stressing minimum control by the central government, the inalienable rights of the individual, and the superiority of an agrarian economy and rural society. noun 2. a supporter of Thomas or Jeffersonianism. 1799 (n.), […]
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