george

4 definitions found

george - 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]

george - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

george - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  GEORGE
  
     <language> 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)
  

george - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  George, IA (city, FIPS 30225)
    Location: 43.34169 N, 96.00270 W
    Population (1990): 1066 (512 housing units)
    Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 51237
  George, NC
    Zip code(s): 27897
  George, WA (town, FIPS 26455)
    Location: 47.07859 N, 119.85597 W
    Population (1990): 253 (101 housing units)
    Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)