Jeff Davis

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Jeff Davis¹

noun

  1. US, dated, dialectal, slang A rustic peasant from the Southern United States.

    Similar: jeff

Jeff Davis²

Where it comes from

From the name of the rebel president, Jefferson Davis, of the 19th century secessionist country of the Confederate States of America.

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Jeff Davis County, a county in Georgia, USA.
  2. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Jeff Davis County, a county in Texas.

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@misc{jeff_davis_2026,
  title = {Jeff Davis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jeff%20davis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}