Georgian
['dʒɔ:dʒjən]
Definition
(noun.) a southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition.
(noun.) a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia.
(noun.) a native or resident of the American state of Georgia.
(adj.) of or relating to the Hanoverian kings of England; 'the first Georgian monarch' .
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of Georgia or its inhabitants; 'the Georgian state capital is Atlanta'; 'Georgian peach farmers' .
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of the Asian republic of Georgia or its people or language; 'the Georgian capital is Tbilisi'; 'Georgian farmers'; 'Georgian vowels' .
(adj.) of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia; 'the Georgian colony' .
Editor: Rufus--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to Georgia, in Asia, or to Georgia, one of the United States.
(a.) Of or relating to the reigns of the four Georges, kings of Great Britan; as, the Georgian era.
(n.) A native of, or dweller in, Georgia.
Edited by Lilian
Definition
adj. relating to the reigns of the four Georges kings of Great Britain: belonging to Georgia in the Caucasus its people language &c.: pertaining to the American State of Georgia.—Also n.
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Examples
- Best brands Georgian, none in market; second quality, 1851, L180. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Under the Georgian porch she paused again, scanning the street for a hansom. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She looked across at the flat-house with its marble porch and pseudo-Georgian facade. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Circassian and Georgian girls are still sold in Constantinople by their parents, but not publicly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- BREADALBY Breadalby was a Georgian house with Corinthian pillars, standing among the softer, greener hills of Derbyshire, not far from Cromford. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Several Georgians, fancy brands, 1852, changed hands to fill orders. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The Georgians now on hand are mostly last year's crop, which was unusually poor. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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