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George

proper noun

  1. male given name
  2. family name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /dʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/

name

Etymology: Name of an early saint, from Middle English George, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργῐος (Geṓrgĭos), from γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) (combining form γεω- (geō-)) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”) Doublet of Jorge and Geevarghese. The aircraft autopilot sense is probably from George DeBeeson, who patented an early (1931) autopilot system, and/or a reference to the expression let George do it. The Pullman porter sense derives from George Pullman, who hired Black people to staff his sleeping cars, and the patrons of the service seeing the Black people as servants of George Porter, much like how a slave was named after the master.

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

    “Our ancient word of courage faire saint George / Inspire vs with the spleene of fierie Dragons,”

    “George and Charles are unlucky in this respect; they have no diminutives, and what a mouthful of monosyllables they are! names royal too, and therefore unshortened. A king must be of a very rare class who could afford to be called by shorthand;”

  2. An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. A French surname originating as a patronymic.
  4. A German surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Georg.
  5. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Seoirse.
  6. A diminutive of the female given names Georgina or Georgia; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).

    “Roy Davis Stubbs, Eatonton, Judge. Son of Robert D. and Maud (Middleton) Stubbs. [...] Married Miss George Smith Feb. 14, 1918 in Knoxville, Tenn.”

    “2004, George Sargent Janes Leubuscher, Douglas W. Patton, A Girl Named George: My First Hundred Years”

  7. The autopilot of an aircraft.

    “"'George rides in the back, aft of the baggage compartment,” said Aviation Sales Manager, John Brophy, with a smile as he climbed out. […] I switched on the autopilot and turned the turn knob to the left to get the turn-bank indicator to show a one-needle turn. Instantly, George rolled the Cessna into a smooth 10° bank to the left.”

    “I relied on "George" and "Fred"—the autopilot and the flight director—to fly the airplane while I worked my way through […]”

  8. Generic name for a Pullman porter.
  9. A city in the Western Cape province, South Africa; named for George III of the United Kingdom.
  10. A locale in the United States.
  11. A locale in the United States.
  12. A locale in the United States.

noun

Etymology: Name of an early saint, from Middle English George, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργῐος (Geṓrgĭos), from γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”), from γῆ (gê, “earth”) (combining form γεω- (geō-)) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”) Doublet of Jorge and Geevarghese. The aircraft autopilot sense is probably from George DeBeeson, who patented an early (1931) autopilot system, and/or a reference to the expression let George do it. The Pullman porter sense derives from George Pullman, who hired Black people to staff his sleeping cars, and the patrons of the service seeing the Black people as servants of George Porter, much like how a slave was named after the master.

  1. A coin bearing King George's profile.

    “Take the Georges, Pew, and don’t stand here squalling.”

  2. A jewelled figure of St George slaying the dragon, worn by Knights of the Garter.

    “[…] the King appears to be wearing a George containing the motto inside the gems, as it is in the jewel at Windsor.”