Georgian

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noun (1)

Geor·​gian ˈjȯr-jən 

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: a native or inhabitant of Georgia in the Caucasus

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: the language of the Georgian people

Georgian

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adjective (1)

: of, relating to, or constituting Georgia in the Caucasus, the Georgians, or the Georgian language

Georgian

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noun (2)

: a native or resident of the state of Georgia

Georgian

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adjective (2)

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the state of Georgia or its people

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adjective (3)

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: of, relating to, or characteristic of the reigns of the first four Georges of Great Britain

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: of, relating to, or characteristic of the reign of George V of Great Britain

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noun (3)

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: one belonging to either of the Georgian periods

especially : a poet of the second decade of the 20th century

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: Georgian taste or style especially in architecture

Examples of Georgian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Founded in 1793, Bonhams is one of the four original Georgian London auction houses. —Denni Hu, WWD, 25 Nov. 2024

Meanwhile the grand-old dame of Georgian cinema Lana Gogoberidze, recipient of the 2024 PÖFF Lifetime Achievement, voiced her concern for her country under Russian influence. —Annika Pham, Variety, 24 Nov. 2024

Noun

Installed throughout wealthy industrialist Andrew Carnegie’s former mansion, a 64-room Georgian Revival on Manhattan’s Upper East Side—Cooper Hewitt’s location since 1976—the exhibition unfurls over the building’s four opulent floors. —Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024

Recent parliamentary elections in Georgia, where the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party secured victory amid widespread reports of Russian interference, may have also given Moscow a taste of success. —Clare Sebastian, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adjective (1)

1607, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1741, in the meaning defined above

Adjective (2)

1762, in the meaning defined above

Adjective (3)

circa 1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (3)

1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

Georgian

adjective

Geor·​gian

ˈjȯr-jən

: of, relating to, or characteristic of the reigns of the first four British kings named George

Georgian architecture