"Jeames" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Jeameses [plural]
Etymology: William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), English novelist, used this name for The Yellowplush Papers (1837-8), a series of sketches in Fraser's Magazine purportedly written by a London West End footman named Charles James Yellowplush. The name itself was suggested by a domestic servant in the Thackeray household, "a bona fide manservant, an old gentleman named John Goldsworthy, formerly the Larkbeare footman, who wore faded knee-breeches in the family livery" [D.J. Taylor, Thackeray, 1999]. Plush was a fabric traditionally used for footmen's wear, and especially for their brightly-colored breeches. The same character appeared with a "gentrified" form of his name in The Diary of C. Jeames de la Pluche (1846), and his popularity caused "Jeames" (an affected form of "James") to be used for a time as a generic name for a footman. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Jeames (plural Jeameses)
  1. (slang, dated) A footman; a flunky. Tags: dated, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-Jeames-en-noun-YWPfbDSn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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