dictionary definitions for "george"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:

  GEORGE
  
     Charles Hamblin, 1957.  One of the earliest programming
     languages, stack-oriented, used reverse Polish notation.
     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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