Jasper
- Proper noun. (given name, male) , an English variant of Caspar.
- Proper noun. One of the Magi, also known as Caspar.
- Noun. (obsolete) Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
- Noun. (mineralogy) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface.
- Noun. Jasperware pottery.
- Noun. (UK, colloquial) A wasp. (West Country dialects, Somerset County).
- Noun. (US, slang) A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
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