George (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
  2. any coin bearing the image of St. George.
  3. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter G.
  4. an automatic pilot on an airplane.
Idioms
  1. (an exclamation used to express astonishment, approval, etc.)
noun
  1. Lloyd George, David.
  2. U.S. economist: advocate of a single tax.
  3. Christian martyr: patron saint of England.
  4. German poet.
  5. a lake in E New York. 36 miles (58 km) long.
  6. a river in NE Quebec, Canada, flowing N from the Labrador border to Ungava Bay. 350 miles (563 km) long.
  7. a male given name: from a Greek word meaning “farmer.”
noun
  1. David Lloyd . See Lloyd George
  2. Sir Edward (Alan John), known as Eddie. 1938–2009, 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
noun
  1. the automatic pilot in an aircraft
George (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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