george
/dʒɔːdʒ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.04 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter G.
name
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
name
An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic.
name
A French surname originating as a patronymic.
name
A German surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Georg.
name
A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an anglicization of Seoirse.
name
A diminutive of the female given names Georgina and Georgia; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).
Example Sentences
- "Our ancient word of courage faire saint George / Inspire vs with the spleene of fierie Dragons,"
- "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;"
- "George... don't do that!"
- "“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."
- "George Soros remains a favorite target of conservative conspiracy theorists, seeing his corrupting influence behind every liberal movement and within every nook and cranny."
- "Roy Davis Stubbs, Eatonton, Judge. Son of Robert D. and Maud (Middleton) Stubbs. [...] Married Miss George Smith Feb. 14, 1918 in Knoxville, Tenn."
Etymology
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 a slave was named after the master.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: George, Geōrgius, Γεώργῐος
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /dʒɔːdʒ/