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Jeeves

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • //d͡ʒiːvz//

A surname originating as a matronymic.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname originating as a matronymic.

  2. 2

    A fictional valet in the stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

    “Do you never overlook anything, Bunter?” ”I endeavour to give satisfaction, my lord.” ”Well, then, don’t talk like Jeeves. It irritates me. …”

  3. 3

    A valet, butler or helper who fulfills the model of a helpful servant.

    When you name a baby Jeeves, you've pretty much mapped out his future, wouldn't you say?

Etymology

Originally a surname derived from a Middle English diminutive of Genevieve.

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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).