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George¹ Definition

George (jôrj)

noun

a masculine name: dim. Georgie; equiv. Fr. Georges, Ger. & Scand. Georg, It. Giorgio, Sp. Jorge; fem. Georgette, Georgia, Georgina

Etymology: < Fr & L; Fr Georges < LL Georgius < Gr Geōrgios < geōrgos, husbandman, lit., earthworker < gaia, gē, earth + base of ergon, work

George² Definition

George (jôrj)

  1. George, Saint (died 303?); Christian martyr, possibly from Cappadocia: patron saint of England: his day is April 23

  2. 1660-1727; king of Great Britain & Ireland (1714-27), born in Germany: great-grandson of James I

  3. 1683-1760; king of Great Britain & Ireland (1727-60), born in Germany: son of George I

  4. 1738-1820; king of Great Britain & Ireland (1760-1820): grandson of George II

  5. 1762-1830; king of Great Britain & Ireland (1820-30); regent (1811-20): son of George III

  6. 1865-1936; king of Great Britain & Ireland (1910-36): son of Edward VII

  7. 1895-1952; king of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (1936-52): son of George V

  9. George, Henry 1839-97; U.S. political economist: advocate of the single tax

George³ Definition

George (jôrj)

lake in NE N.Y.: 33 mi (53 km) long

George Usage Examples

Converse of object

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  • go: Sorry to see you go george but you will never be forgotten.
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Adjective modifier

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Modifies a noun

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Noun used with modifier

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  • sir: By falling stock markets chairman sir george by business users.
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George Quotes

Darkness came down on the field and city: and Amelia was praying for George, who was lying on his face, dead, with a bullet through his heart.

—Thackeray,William Makepeace

   In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaister, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repaired with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies.

—Pope, Alexander

Georgeödon't do that.

—Grenfell,Joyce ne¤  e Phipps

Throughout the greater part of his life George III was a kind of 'consecrated obstruction'.

—Bagehot,Walter

George theThird Ought never to have occurred. One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder.

—Bentley, Edmund Clerihew

It was my Uncle George who discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of medical thought.

—Plum

The House of Peers, throughout the war, Did nothing in particular, And did it very well: Yet Britain set the world ablaze In good King George's glorious days!

—Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)