George

English Etymology en :inh enm:George<ety:lbor<la:Geōrgius>> Name of an early saint, from en enm George, from en la Geōrgius, from en grc Γεώργῐος, from grc γεωργός farmer, earth worker, from grc γῆ earth (combining form grc γεω-) + grc ἔργον work en Jorge Geevarghese. The aircraft autopilot sense is probably from George DeBeeson, who patented an early (1931) autopilot system, and/or a reference to the expression en 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. Pronunciation en /dʒɔːdʒ/ RP en En-au-George.ogg AU en En-us-George.oga US en ɔː(ɹ)dʒ 1 Noun en noun en World War II era joint US/RAF radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter G. en Golf Proper noun s en male Ancient Greek. V iii 203 Our ancient word of courage faire saint George / Inspire vs with the spleene of fierie Dragons, en 1830 w:Mary Russell Mitford Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names: 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; en 1977 w:Joyce Grenfell Nursery School: George... don't do that! en Kate Bennett Michelle Obama to 2020 graduates: ‘For those of you who feel invisible: Please know that your story matters’ w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/07/politics/michelle-obama-race-relations-2020-commencement 2020-06-07 “In light of the current state of our country, I struggled to find the right words of wisdom for you today,” Obama says in her lengthiest public remarks to date about the protests taking place in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. https://web.archive.org/web/20260223190338/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/07/politics/michelle-obama-race-relations-2020-commencement en Brian Lowry ‘Soros’ looks at the life and activism of the right’s favorite bogeyman w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/18/entertainment/soros-review/index.html 2020-11-18 George Soros remains a favorite target of conservative conspiracy theorists, seeing his corrupting influence behind every liberal movement and within every nook and cranny. https://web.archive.org/web/20260305025615/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/18/entertainment/soros-review/index.html en English and Welsh patronymics. en French patronymics. en German patronymics, a variant of Georg. en Irish < patronymics, an anglicization of ga Seoirse. en female Georgina,Georgia; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e). en 1925 [US state of] Georgia's Official Register 100 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 en aviation en aviation slang The autopilot of an aircraft. en 1956 Flying Magazine 59 6 33 "'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. en 1993 Flying 120 73 I relied on "George" and "Fred"—the autopilot and the flight director—to fly the airplane while I worked my way through en pullman porter en North America slang dated Generic name for a Pullman porter. en city p:suf/Western Cape c/South Africa ; named for George III of the United Kingdom. en locale c/US. en city co/Lyon County s/Iowa ; named for the son of a railroad official. en minor city co/Grant County s/Washington ; named for George Washington, 1st president of the United States. en ghost town co/Franklin County s/Missouri ; named for postmaster Stephen H. George. Synonyms given name en Geo. (abbreviation) English surname en Georgeson Derived terms en 121 George Street Doctor George Mountain Farmer George Fort George Fort George Cay Fraser-Fort George George Costanza George County George Cross George Dog Island George Lazenby Georger georgerobinsonite Georges Mills Georgeson Georges Plains Georgetown George Town George Washington George West Georgia Georgian Georgiana Georgie Georgina Georgism Georgist Georgy GW GWB Hinton St George King George King George County King George whiting Lake George let George do it Mad King George Middleton St George Mount George Prince George Prince George County Prince George's County ride St. George riding St. George Royal George Saint George Saint George Gingerland St George St. George St. George's St George's St Georges St Georges and Priorslee St Georges-super-Ely Related terms George Enescu Descendants 1 ar جورج jorj ceb George 1 yue 佐治 zo2 zi6 1 zh 喬治 Qiáozhì 1 haw Keoki 1 ja ジョージ Jōji 1 ko ^조지 1 1 mi Hōri 1 fa جورج jorj sv George 1 Translations male given name Albanian: sq Gjergj Amharic: am ጊዮርጊሰ Arabic: ar جَاوُرْجِيُوس m, ar جُرْجُس m, ar جُورْج m Aragonese: an Chorche, an Chorxe Aramaic: Classical Syriac: syc ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ, syc ܓܝܘܪܓܝ Armenian: hy Գևորգ Asturian: ast Xurde Azerbaijani: az Gürc Basque: eu Gorka form invented by Sabino Arana, eu Jurgi, eu Jurtzi both used in the Middle Ages Bengali: bn জর্জ Bulgarian: bg Гео́рги m, bg Джордж m English transliteration Catalan: ca Jordi Chinese: Cantonese: yue 佐治 zo2 zi6 Mandarin: cmn 喬治 Qiáozhì Coptic: cop ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ Cornish: kw Jory Corsican: co Ghjorghju Czech: cs Jiří m Danish: da Jørgen, da Georg Dutch: nl Joris, nl Jurriaan, nl Sjors, nl Jurgen, nl George, nl Goris Esperanto: eo Georgo Estonian: et Jüri, et Georg, et Jürgen Faroese: fo Jorgen, fo Jørundur m Finnish: fi Yrjö French: fr Georges, fr Jorioz in Savoy, fr Jore in Normandy Middle French: frm Iorge, frm Ieorge, frm George Frisian: West Frisian: fy Jörn, fy Joren, fy Jurg Galician: gl Xurxo Georgian: ka გიორგი German: de Georg Greek: el Γεώργιος m, el Γιώργος m, el Τζορτζ transliteration of English name, el Τζωρτζ transliteration of English name Ancient Greek: grc Γεώργιος m Greenlandic: kl Joorut, kl Juulut Hawaiian: haw Keoki Hebrew: he ג׳ורג׳ Hindi: hi जॉर्ज m Hungarian: hu György Icelandic: is Jörgen Indonesian: id Georgius Inuktitut: iu ᔫᕐᒋ Irish: ga Seoirse Italian: it Giorgio, it Iorio Japanese: transliteration ja ジョージ Jōji Khmer: km ចច Korean: ko ^조지 Latin: la Georgius Latvian: lv Juris, lv Jurģis, transliteration lv Džordžs m Leonese: roa-leo Xurde Lithuanian: lt Jurgis Lombard: lmo Giorgiu, lmo Giòrgio, lmo Giorg, lmo Sgiorsg, lmo Jorj, lmo Zòrz, lmo Zórs Low German: German Low German: nds-de Jürn m Macedonian: mk Ѓорѓи, mk Ѓорѓија, mk Ѓорѓиј, mk Гео́рги, mk Гео́ргиј, mk Гео́ргија, mk Ѓоре, mk Ѓоко Malayalam: ml ഗീവർഗീസ്, ml വർഗ്ഗീസ്, ml ജോർജ്, ml ജോർജ്ജ്‌ Maltese: mt Ġorġ Manx: gv Shorys Māori: mi Hōri Mongolian: mn Жорж Neapolitan: nap Giòrgë Norwegian: no Georg, no Jørgen Occitan: oc Jòrdi, oc Jòrgi Old Nubian: onw ⲅⲉⲱⲣⲅⲓⲟⲥ Persian: fa جورج jorj, fa ژرژ žorž Piedmontese: pms Giòrs Polish: pl Jerzy m Portuguese: pt Jorge Romanian: ro Gheorghe, ro George, ro Iorgu, ro Giurgiu, ro Iurie Russian: cognates ru Гео́ргий m, ru Ю́рий m, ru Его́р m, ru Его́рий m rare, transliteration ru Джордж m Sami: Skolt Sami: sms Jååǥǥar Samoan: sm Siosi Scottish Gaelic: gd Seòras, gd Seòrsa, gd Deòrsa, gd Dod Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ђорђе, sh Ђурађ, sh Јуре, sh Ђуро m Latin: sh Đorđe, sh Đurađ, sh Jure, sh Đuro m Slovak: sk Juraj Slovene: sl Júre m, sl Júrij m, sl Júraj, sl Georgius m Latinized Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: hsb Jurij Spanish: es Jorge Swedish: sv Georg, sv Göran, sv Örjan, sv Jörgen Tamil: ta ஜார்ஜ் Telugu: te జార్జ్ Tongan: to Siaosi Turkish: tr Jorj Turkmen: tk Jorj Ukrainian: uk Гео́ргій m, uk Ю́ра m, uk Джордж m transliteration of English name Uyghur: ug جورج Venetan: vec Xòrxi, vec Ðordi Vietnamese: vi Gioóc-giơ Walloon: wa Djôr Welsh: cy Siôrs, cy Siôr, cy Siors, cy Siorys Yiddish: yi דזשאָרדזש Noun en slang archaic A coin bearing King George's profile. Take the Georges, Pew, and don’t stand here squalling. A jewelled figure of St George slaying the dragon, worn by Knights of the Garter. en 1908 Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey A History of the George Worn on the Scaffold by Charles I 93 the King appears to be wearing a George containing the motto inside the gems, as it is in the jewel at Windsor. Derived terms en George plateroon (a counterfeit coin) Further reading bkkkg6q n 1 j7j5xha n 3 en eponyms unisex given names Afrikaans af: Etymology af George III of the United Kingdom George III of the United Kingdom. Proper noun af city province/Western Cape c/South Africa George Derived terms af Georgiet Cebuano Etymology ceb :bor en:George + 1 Proper noun ceb noun ceb male English < Ancient Greek Italian it: Etymology it en George. it Giorgio. Pronunciation Giòr[dʒ],Giór[dʒ]<r:DiPI> Proper noun mfbysense it en male given name,surname References Romanian Pronunciation ro /ˈdʒe̯ordʒe/ ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-George.wav Proper noun m ro male Gheorghe Derived terms ro diminutive ro Georgică, ro Gică Scots Pronunciation sco /ˈdʒɔr(d)ʒ/ /ˈdʒor(d)ʒ/ Proper noun sco male George Derived terms sco diminutive Geordie, Dod, Dodie, Doddie, Dodge, Dodger (Caithness) Geordag sco 1-syllable words Swedish Etymology From sv en George. Variant of the standard Swedish sv Georg. Both names ultimately derive from sv grc Γεώργιος, name of a legendary dragon-slaying saint. Proper noun c sv male