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  • proper noun A male given name, the usual U.S. spelling of Geoffrey. Popular in the latter half of the 20th century.
  • proper noun A patronymic surname derived from Geoffrey.

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Examples

  • DEBBIE LUCEY, SISTER OF JEFFREY LUCEY: Jeffrey didn't get the chance.

    CNN Transcript Oct 9, 2007 2007

  • As the New York Times itself wrote, The sentence... was unusually high in the recent history of financial crimes -- longer than the term for Jeffrey K. Skilling, the former chief executive of Enron, and L.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: The Jewish Obligation for Humane Treatment of Animals Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

  • I mean ... with that endorsement of Martin Jeffrey, I would've thought that Ben would endorse Nancy Spannaus.

    Endorsement for Governor 2009

  • No less an authority than The New York Times wrote in a June 21, 2010 article about Rubashkin, The sentence... was unusually high in the recent history of financial crimes -- longer than the term for Jeffrey K. Skilling, the former chief executive of Enron, and L.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Dancing With Injustice on My Mind Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

  • Join Jeffrey Ford, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Carlos Hernandez, and me at the Solas Bar at 232 E. 9th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues) at 7: 30 this evening.

    Interstitial Reading & Salon deliasherman 2010

  • Perhaps they should throw in Jeffrey Dahmer,,,,, at least we know for sure what Dahmer was doing Dancing with the stars should be renamed to dancing with the sicko's

    Tom DeLay trades political stage for the real thing 2009

  • Jeffrey is that great combination of a tough guy with a heart of gold,” adds Goldsman about the actor, who played a very different kind of soldier in “Watchmen,” the film adaptation of the acclaimed DC Comics graphic novel.

    34 High Resolution Photos from The Losers | /Film 2010

  • Oh yeah, and following in Jeffrey Somer's vein, Fritz Leiber with his Fafhrd and the Gray [sic] Mouser characters.

    MIND MELD: The Funniest Writers in the History of SF/F 2009

  • Jeffrey is very likeable, very approachable, but there is also a bit of a dark edge to him, which was something he was able to layer very well into the character of Clay as he spirals down into his obsession to take revenge on Max.

    34 High Resolution Photos from The Losers | /Film 2010

  • However, I still hope Jeffrey is right and I'm wrong about Rudy getting the GOP nomination.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

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