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. (slang) Generic name for a Pullman porter.
9. A city in 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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ/

Etymology

Name of an early saint, from Middle English George, from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργῐος (Geṓrgios), 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 .