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George

[jawrj]

Origin

noun

a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.

British Slang. any coin bearing the image of St. George.

a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter G.

British Slang. an automatic pilot on an airplane.

Idiom

by George! Chiefly British Informal. (an exclamation used to express astonishment, approval, etc.)

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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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noun

David Lloyd. Lloyd George, David.

Henry, 1839–97, U.S. economist: advocate of a single tax.

Saint, died a.d. 303?, Christian martyr: patron saint of England.

Ste·fan An·ton

[shte-fahn ahn-tohn] , 1868–1933, German poet.

Lake, a lake in E New York. 36 miles (58 km) long.

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a river in NE Quebec, Canada, flowing N from the Labrador border to Ungava Bay. 350 miles (563 km) long.

a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “farmer.”

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noun

1660–1727, king of England 1714–27.

1845–1913, king of Greece 1863–1913.

noun

1683–1760, king of England 1727–60 (son of George I).

1890–1947, king of Greece 1922–23 and 1935–47.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

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George¹ (dʒɔːdʒ)

—n
1.	David Lloyd. See Lloyd George
2.	Sir Edward (Alan John), known as Eddie. born 1938, British economist, governor of the Bank of England (1993--2003)
3.	Henry. 1839--97, US economist: advocated a single tax on land values, esp in Progress and Poverty (1879)
4.	Saint. died ?303 ad, Christian martyr, the patron saint of England; the hero of a legend in which he slew a dragon. Feast day: April 23
5.	Stefan (Anton) (ˈʃtɛfan). 1868--1933, German poet and aesthete. Influenced by the French Symbolists, esp Mallarmé and later by Nietzsche, he sought for an idealized purity of form in his verse. He refused Nazi honours and went into exile in 1933

George² (dʒɔːdʒ)

—n
	informal (Brit) the automatic pilot in an aircraft

[C20: originally a slang name for an airman]

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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

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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.

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Cultural Dictionary

George III definition

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.

Slang Dictionary

george definition

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.
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Computing Dictionary

GEORGE definition

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]
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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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