Jeffreys

[ jef-reez ]

noun
  1. George 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem, 1648–89, English jurist.

  2. Sir Harold, 1891–1989, British geophysicist and astronomer.

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Jeffreys

/ (ˈdʒɛfrɪz) /


noun
  1. George, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem. ?1645–89, English judge, notorious for his brutality at the "Bloody Assizes" (1685), where those involved in Monmouth's rebellion were tried

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