Jeffersonian

English thumb|right|Thomas Jefferson+ democracy Etymology en :af Jefferson -ian + 1 Pronunciation en /ˌd͡ʒɛfəˈsəʊ.ni.ən/ RP en /ˌd͡ʒɛfɚˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ GA en əʊniən 5 Adjective en adjective Of or relating to Thomas Jefferson, or to his political theories. Derived terms en Jeffersonianism Noun A follower of Thomas Jefferson, or an advocate of his political theories. en 1997 1797 w:David W. Blight w:Caleb Bingham Editor's Introduction: The Peculiar Dialogue Between Caleb Bingham and Frederick Douglass w:David W. Blight w:The Columbian Orator Bicentennial Edition (1997 republishing) New York University Press 9780814786178 He was a staunch Jeffersonian in a state where few existed (he never put any money in a bank, and seems to have embodied Jefferson’s egalitarian faith in the capacities of common folk). Finally, Bingham saw the early American republic as a new political beginning for humankind, and his more than one million schoolbooks sold across the land were designed to produce republican citizens. The Columbian Orator was an elocution manual as well as a reader for school children in the new republic. Proper noun 1 en geology A sub-age from 475 to 473 million years ago, a subdivision of the Ordovician. en eponyms en People