Meaning of Jasper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. A wasp.
   UK, West-Country, colloquial
3. A male given name from Old Persian.
4. An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
   countable, uncountable
5. A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
   US, slang
6. A surname.
7. Jasperware pottery.
   countable, uncountable
8. A stranger.
   Appalachia
9. One of the Magi, also known as Caspar.
10. A placename:
11. A place in Canada:
12. A town in Alberta, Canada.
13. Ellipsis of Jasper National Park: a national park in Alberta, Canada.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
14. A number of places in the United States:
15. A city, the county seat of Walker County, Alabama.
16. A small city, the county seat of Newton County, Arkansas.
17. A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Florida.
18. A city, the county seat of Pickens County, Georgia.
19. A city, the county seat of Dubois County, Indiana.
20. A city in Pipestone County and Rock County, Minnesota.
21. A city in Jasper County, Missouri.
22. A town in Steuben County, New York.
23. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio.
24. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
25. A town, the county seat of Marion County, Tennessee.
26. A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Texas.
27. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
28. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Jasper Township.
29. Ellipsis of Jasper County.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
30. Ellipsis of Jasper Township.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

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Examples

“And list'nin to some big out-a-town jasper / Hearin' him tell about horse-race gamblin' / Not a wholesome trottin' race, no!”

“"I stood there through almost an hour of it before they called Rooster Cogburn to the stand. I had guessed wrong as to which one he was, picking out a younger and slighter man with a badge on his shirt. And I was surprised when an old one-eyed jasper that was built along the lines of Grover Cleveland went up and was sworn."”

“Standing on the corner like a just-got-in-town jasper”

““That jasper,” sniggered Darby, “never pulled out his ‘dummy’ for nothing but pissing, I bet you!””

“Her husband is...let me see...oh yes, he's Lord Jasper Jayne. His name sounds like the hero of a servant's novelette, but he doesn't look like that. He looks like a chucker-out in a back-street pub.”

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