George : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: George	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for George
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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) Synonym(s): George, Saint George, St. George King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1936 to 1947; he succeeded Edward VIII (1895-1952) Synonym(s): George, George VI 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) Synonym(s): George, George V 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) Synonym(s): George, George IV 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) Synonym(s): George, George III King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760 (1683-1760) Synonym(s): George, George II Elector of Hanover and the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 (1660-1727) Synonym(s): George, George I
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
George \George\, n. [F. George, or Georges, a proper name, fr. Gr. [?] husbandman, laborer; ge`a, gh^, the earth + [?] to work; akin to E. work. See {Work}.] 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}. 2. A kind of brown loaf. [Obs.] --Dryden.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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).