George

Meaning

Noun

radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter G.

Name

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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).
7. (slang) The autopilot of an aircraft.
8. (Canada, US, dated, slang) 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.

Synonyms

George VI

Saint George

St. George

George I

George II

George III

George IV

George V

autopilot

Translations

Jorge

Georg

Georges

Giorgio

Georgius

Jorge

Γεώργιος

Jordi

Jòrdi

George

Joris

George

Jòrgi

Jorioz

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: George

In summary

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 an enslaved person was named after the enslaver.

Sentences

Dickens mentions the " George and New Inn , Greta Bridge ".

The show features in-depth interviews conducted by George of artists that he finds interesting .

The film features George Segal as Albert , the illegitimate father of Mikey .