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Jacksonian

[ jak-soh-nee-uhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to Andrew Jackson, his ideas, the period of his presidency, or the political principles or social values associated with him:

    Jacksonian democracy.



noun

  1. a follower of Andrew Jackson.

Jacksonian

/ æˈəʊɪə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a person surnamed Jackson, esp Andrew Jackson
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Jacksonian1

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25; Jackson + -ian
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Example Sentences

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“Jacksonians deserve to live in peace, and they should not have to fear for their safety while running errands or commuting to work,” Reeves said.

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“I personally told him, make sure you address the crime in Jackson. Everything else was on point. I just told him, never leave that out for us Jacksonians,” Brown said.

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Mr. Reaboi was referring to a 1999 essay by the academic Walter Russell Mead, “The Jacksonian Tradition and American Foreign Policy,” which is still in heavy circulation on the intellectual right.

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Number 4, "William Henry Harrison: His Life and Times" is a real book, but it's by James A. Green, not by Robert Remini, a well-known historian of the Jacksonian age.

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For many prominent Jacksonians, this evoked earlier eras in Mississippi’s complicated racial history.

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