jefferson davis

1. 1.

   American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889)

   SynonymsDavis

   Broaderstatesman

Questions about jefferson davis

What does jefferson davis mean?

jefferson davis means "American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889)".

What is another word for jefferson davis?

Close synonyms include Davis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jefferson davis a common word?

jefferson davis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.