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jerome

< /ˈklæp kə/, 1859–1927, English humorist and playwright.

a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “sacred name.”

noun

Latin name Eusebius Hieronymus. ?347–?420 ad, Christian monk and scholar, whose outstanding work was the production of the Vulgate. Feast day: Sept 30
Jerome K (lapka). 1859–1927, English humorous writer; author of Three Men in a Boat (1889)

masc. proper name, from French Jérome, from Late Latin Hieronymus, from Greek Hieronymos, literally “holy name,” from hieros “holy” (see ire) + onyma, dialectal form of onoma “name” (see name (n.)).