"Jeffrey" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Variant of Geoffrey.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
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  "senses": [
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          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "English given names",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Harvella Jones, The Texas Homestead Hoax, Trafford Publishing, page 59",
          "text": "- - - you should also be able to sue your association's attorney when they step over the line as Attorney Jeffrey Ewalt did. Oh, my gosh! Even as I say his name Jeffrey, Jeffrey. Jeffrey is a name assigned to little boys with small toys. A cute innocent little boy that would do no harm to anyone. I recommend a name change for Jeffrey Ewalt from Jeffrey to Lucifer.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name from the Germanic languages, the usual U.S. spelling of Geoffrey. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century."
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        [
          "Geoffrey",
          "Geoffrey"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1809, George Gordon Byron, English Bards and Scotch reviewers:A Satire",
          "text": "Health to great [Francis] Jeffrey! Heaven preserve his life\nTo flourish on the fertile shores of Fife\nAnd guard it sacred in the future wars\nSince authors sometimes seek the field of Mars!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Geoffrey."
      ],
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        [
          "Geoffrey",
          "Geoffrey"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛfɹi/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Geoffrey"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Jeffrey"
  ],
  "word": "Jeffrey"
}

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    "English 2-syllable words",
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    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncountable nouns"
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  "etymology_text": "Variant of Geoffrey.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Jeff"
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        "English male given names",
        "English male given names from Germanic languages",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Harvella Jones, The Texas Homestead Hoax, Trafford Publishing, page 59",
          "text": "- - - you should also be able to sue your association's attorney when they step over the line as Attorney Jeffrey Ewalt did. Oh, my gosh! Even as I say his name Jeffrey, Jeffrey. Jeffrey is a name assigned to little boys with small toys. A cute innocent little boy that would do no harm to anyone. I recommend a name change for Jeffrey Ewalt from Jeffrey to Lucifer.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name from the Germanic languages, the usual U.S. spelling of Geoffrey. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century."
      ],
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        [
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          "Geoffrey"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1809, George Gordon Byron, English Bards and Scotch reviewers:A Satire",
          "text": "Health to great [Francis] Jeffrey! Heaven preserve his life\nTo flourish on the fertile shores of Fife\nAnd guard it sacred in the future wars\nSince authors sometimes seek the field of Mars!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Geoffrey."
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒɛfɹi/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Geoffrey"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
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  "word": "Jeffrey"
}