[syn: George, George I]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
George \George\ (j[^o]rj), prop. n. [F. George, or Georges, a
proper name, fr. Gr. gewrgo`s husbandman, laborer; ge`a, gh^,
the earth + 'e`rgein to work; akin to E. work. See Work.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on
horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the
Garter. See Garter.
[1913 Webster]
2. A kind of brown loaf. [Obs.] --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
3. Any coin having an image of Saint George. [Brit. slang]
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
George
n 1: Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the
legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a
dragon and saved a princess (?-303) [syn: George, Saint
George, St. George]
2: King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from
1936 to 1947; he succeeded Edward VIII (1895-1952) [syn:
George, George VI]
3: King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from
1910 to 1936; gave up his German title in 1917 during World
War I (1865-1936) [syn: George, George V]
4: King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to
1830; his attempt to divorce his estranged wife undermined
the prestige of the Crown (1762-1830) [syn: George, George
IV]
5: King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820; the
American colonies were lost during his reign; he became
insane in 1811 and his son (later George IV) acted as regent
until 1820 (1738-1820) [syn: George, George III]
6: King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover from 1727 to
1760 (1683-1760) [syn: George, George II]
7: Elector of Hanover and the first Hanoverian King of Great
Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 (1660-1727) [syn:
George, George I]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
GEORGE
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)
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
George -- U.S. County in Mississippi
Population (2000): 19144
Housing Units (2000): 7513
Land area (2000): 478.292064 sq. miles (1238.770707 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.339593 sq. miles (13.829482 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 483.631657 sq. miles (1252.600189 sq. km)
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 30.864663 N, 88.624823 W
Headwords:
George
George, MS
George County
George County, MS
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
George, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
Population (2000): 1051
Housing Units (2000): 532
Land area (2000): 2.391318 sq. miles (6.193485 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.391318 sq. miles (6.193485 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30225
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 43.342523 N, 96.001157 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 51237
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
George, IA
George
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
George, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
Population (2000): 528
Housing Units (2000): 162
Land area (2000): 0.600515 sq. miles (1.555326 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.600515 sq. miles (1.555326 sq. km)
FIPS code: 26455
Located within: Washington (WA), FIPS 53
Location: 47.078445 N, 119.857129 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
George, WA
George