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ˈdʒæs pərjasper

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jaspernoun

    an opaque form of quartz; red or yellow or brown or dark green in color; used for ornamentation or as a gemstone

Wiktionary

  1. Jaspernoun

    A male given name from Old Persian.

    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.

  2. Jaspernoun

    A surname.

  3. Jaspernoun

    One of the Magi, also known as Caspar.

  4. Jaspernoun

    Place names: A town in Alberta, Canada. A city, the county seat of Walker County, Alabama. A small city, the county seat of Newton County, Arkansas. A city, the county seat of Hamilton County, Florida. A city, the county seat of Pickens County, Georgia. A city, the county seat of Dubois County, Indiana. A city in Pipestone County and Rock County, Minnesota. A city in Jasper County, Missouri. A town in Steuben County, New York. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Ohio. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon. A town, the county seat of Marion County, Tennessee. A city, the county seat of Jasper County, Texas. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.

  5. Etymology: A name given to one of the Magi in a medieval European cult, from Biblical Hebrew גִּזְבָּר (gizbar), ultimately from Old Median *ganzabarah; see it for more.

Wikipedia

  1. Jasper

    Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to iron(III) inclusions. Jasper breaks with a smooth surface and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone. It can be highly polished and is used for items such as vases, seals, and snuff boxes. The specific gravity of jasper is typically 2.5 to 2.9. Jaspillite is a banded-iron-formation rock that often has distinctive bands of jasper.

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  1. jasper

    Jasper is a type of opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color. It is a semi-precious gemstone found worldwide, often containing organic material and mineral oxides which give it interesting patterns, bands and colors. In a broader context, Jasper can also be a male given name of Persian origin meaning "bringer of treasure".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jaspernoun

    an opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped / banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper

  2. Etymology: [OE. jaspre, jaspe, OF. jaspre, jaspe, F. jaspe, L. iaspis, Gr. ; cf. Per. yashp, yashf, Ar. yashb, yasb, yasf, Heb. yshpheh. Cf. Diaper.]

Wikidata

  1. Jasper

    Jasper is a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 13,857. The city is the county seat of Walker County, and once ranked among the world's leading producers of coal.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Jasper

    jas′pėr, n. a precious stone, being a hard siliceous mineral of various colours.—adjs. Jas′pé, having the surface ornamented with veins; Jas′perated, mixed with jasper; Jas′pery, like jasper; Jaspid′ean, Jaspid′eous, Jas′poid. [Fr. jaspe—L. and Gr. iaspis—Ar. yasb.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Jasper

    an opaque quartz found in all colours, and spotted, striped, and clouded; is valued in ornamental lapidary work because of the polish it takes.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. JASPER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jasper is ranked #3687 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Jasper surname appeared 9,632 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Jasper.

    66% or 6,362 total occurrences were White.
    27.8% or 2,684 total occurrences were Black.
    2.4% or 234 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.2% or 213 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 71 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.7% or 68 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jasper in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jasper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of jasper in a Sentence

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  2. Joe Sutherland:

    Jasper Spires’re pretty distraught that Police Chief Lanier was released for a similar if not less deadly crime two days earlier, it led to a direct line to my nephew’s death.

  3. Vaughn Franklin said.He:

    We feel that Jasper Williams Jr. used this platform to push Jasper Williams Jr. negative agenda, which as a family, we do not agree with.

  4. Aretha Franklin:

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