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Jesse

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Jes·se  (js)
In the Bible, King David's father and the progenitor of the line of Jesus.
Jesse [ˈdʒɛsɪ]
n
(Christian Religious Writings / Bible) Old Testament the father of David (I Samuel 16)
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DAVID HARDY OF Winesburg, Ohio, was the grand- son of Jesse Bentley, the owner of Bentley farms.
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That is how Jesse Trefusis, a poor Manchester bagman, contrived to be come a plutocrat and gentleman of landed estate.
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