Hypertext Webster Gateway: "George"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
George \George\, n. [F. George, or Georges, a proper name, fr.
Gr. ? husbandman, laborer; ge`a, gh^, the earth + ? to work;
akin to E. work. See {Work}.]
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}.
2. A kind of brown loaf. [Obs.] --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
George
n : 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}]
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