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plural Jesses
(biblical) The son of Obed and the father of king David. quotations examples
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons; and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […]
A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. quotations examples
Jesse James was a lad that killed many a man, / He robbed the Glendale train. / He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor, / He'd a hand and a heart and a brain.
1882, Jesse James (folk song)
A female given name, variant of Jessie. quotations examples
We had decided to change the spelling of our names. Mine was to become Jesse instead of Jessie, and hers was to be Meribeth, not MaryBeth. We signed these names to the test papers we turned in at school.The teacher waved my paper in the air. "I can't give a mark to this person, because I don't know who this person is," she said. "Who is this Jesse?" She spelled the name out loud. "That is a boy's name. Does anybody here know a boy named Jesse?"
1985, Alice Munro, The Progress of Love, Chatto&Windus, published 1987
(architecture) A representation of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art, such as a genealogical tree in stained glass or a branched candlestick. examples