Jaggers

See also: jaggers

English

Etymology 1

Variant of Jagger with post-medieval excrescent -s.[1]

Proper noun

Jaggers

  1. A surname.

Etymology 2

Jocular modification of Jesus +‎ -ers. See Oxford "-er".

Proper noun

Jaggers

  1. (Oxford University slang, archaic) Jesus College, Oxford

References
  1. Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jaggers”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 239.
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