Geoffrey Definition

jefrē
noun
A masculine name: dim. Geoff, Jeff; var. Jeffrey.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A male given name. Popular in the U.K. in the 20th century.
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Origin of Geoffrey

  • Old French aristocratic name, Geoffroi [dʒɔfreʲ] (> West Middle French Geoffrey, East Middle French Geoffroy), itself from Proto-French forms (latinized in -us) Jotfredus, Jozsfredus, Josfredus (10th century) and Jof[f]redus, Jofridus, Jaufredus, Geffredus (11th century), and ultimately of Germanic origin (*Gautfriþu or Gautfrid.). The name was introduced to Britain by the Normans. Original form and meaning is disputed—possible variant of Godfrey, but most likely that several similar names have fallen together.

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Geoffrey Sentence Examples

  • It was, historically, only a personal nickname of Geoffrey, as was " Beauclerc " of his father-in-law (Henry I.) and " Curtmantel " of his son (Henry II.), and was derived from his wearing in his cap a sprig of the broom (genet) plant, "which in early summer makes the open country of Anjou and Maine a blaze of living gold."

  • Geoffrey of Monmouth was at one time chaplain of the castle, where he probably wrote some of his works.

  • Geoffrey also wrote a Chroniculum from the creation of the world until 1336, the value of which is very slight.

  • At the death of Geoffrey's grandson, Richard I., the succession was in doubt, John's elder brother Geoffrey having left, by the heiress of Brittany, a son and a daughter.

  • Although no other dynasty has reigned so long over England since the Norman Conquest, the whole legitimate male issue of Count Geoffrey Plantagenet is clearly proved to have become extinct in 1499.

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