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George

  [jawrj]
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–noun
1. a figure of St. George killing the dragon, esp. one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
2. British Slang. any coin bearing the image of St. George.
3. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter G.
4. British Slang. an automatic pilot on an airplane.
—Idiom
5. by George! Chiefly British Informal. (an exclamation used to express astonishment, approval, etc.)

George

  [jawrj; for 4 also Ger. gey-ohr-guh]
–noun
1. David Lloyd. Lloyd George, David.
2. Henry, 1839–97, U.S. economist: advocate of a single tax.
3. Saint, died a.d. 303?, Christian martyr: patron saint of England.
4. Ste⋅fan An⋅ton  [shte-fahn ahn-tohn] , 1868–1933, German poet.
5. Lake, a lake in E New York. 36 mi. (58 km) long.
6. a river in NE Quebec, Canada, flowing N from the Labrador border to Ungava Bay. 350 mi. (563 km) long.
7. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “farmer.”

George I

 
–noun
1. 1660–1727, king of England 1714–27.
2. 1845–1913, king of Greece 1863–1913.

George II

 
–noun
1. 1683–1760, king of England 1727–60 (son of George I).
2. 1890–1947, king of Greece 1922–23 and 1935–47.

George III

 
–noun
1738–1820, king of England 1760–1820 (grandson of George II).

George IV

 
–noun
1762–1830, king of England 1820–30 (son of George III).

George V

 
–noun
1865–1936, king of England 1910–36 (son of Edward VII).

George VI

 
–noun
1895–1952, king of England 1936–1952 (second son of George V; brother of Edward VIII).
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George   (jôrj)   
n.  

  1. A jeweled figure of Saint George killing the dragon, used as an insignia of the Knights of the Garter.

  2. An English coin during the reign of Henry VIII, imprinted with a figure of Saint George.

George, Saint Died c. A.D. 303.  
Christian martyr and patron of England who, according to legend, slew a fearsome dragon.
George, Lake  

  1. A lake of northeast Florida formed by a widening of the St. Johns River.

  2. A glacial lake of northeast New York in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains south of Lake Champlain. Discovered in 1646, it was the site of numerous battles during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. Today the lake is the center of a large recreational area.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Cultural Dictionary

George III

The king of Britain during the American Revolutionary War. He was known for insisting on royal privilege. The stubbornness of George and of his government officials is often blamed for the loss of the thirteen colonies that became the United States. In Britain itself, however, prosperity increased greatly while he was king, and Canada and India were made British possessions.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
george

  1. tv. & in.
    to copulate [with] a woman. (Usually objectionable.) : He was in the back room georging some dame.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

George 
male personal name, from L. Georgius, from Gk. Georgios "husbandman, farmer," from ge "earth" + ergon "work" (see urge (v.)). The name introduced in England by the Crusaders (a vision of St. George played a key role in the First Crusade), but not common until after the Hanoverian succession (18c.); so also Georgian (1855) in reference to the reigns of the first four king Georges (1714-1830). St. George began to be recognized as patron of England in time of Edward III, perhaps because of his association with the Order of the Garter (see garter). His feast day, April 23, was made a holiday in 1222. The legend of his combat with the dragon is first found in "Legenda Aurea" (13c.). The exclamation by (St.) George! is recorded from 1598.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

GEORGE language
One of the earliest programming languages, developed by Charles Hamblin in 1957. GEORGE was a stack oriented language, using reverse Polish notation. It was implemented on the English Electric DEUCE.
["GEORGE: A Semi-Translation Programming Scheme for the DEUCE, Programming and Operations Manual", C. L. Hamblin, U New S Wales, 1958].
["Computer Languages", C.L. Hamblin, Aust J Sci 20(5):135-139, Dec 1957 and Aust Comp J 17(4):195-198, Nov 1985]
(2007-03-18)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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George

king of Bohemia from 1458. As head of the conservative Utraquist faction of Hussite Protestants, he established himself as a power when Bohemia was still under Habsburg rule, and he was thereafter unanimously elected king by the estates. A nationalist and Hussite king of a prosperous state, he incurred the enmity of the papacy and Bohemia's Roman Catholic neighbours, which finally destroyed his power

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