george : Idioms & Phrases

• noun United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993)
  Agnes de Mille; de Mille.
  

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• noun French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
  Baron Georges Cuvier; Cuvier; Georges Cuvier.
  

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• noun German historian noted for his critical approach to sources and for his history of Rome (1776-1831)
  Niebuhr.
  

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• noun English writer of historical romances (1803-1873)
  Lytton; First Baron Lytton; Bulwer-Lytton.
  

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• noun a United States Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency
  Fort George G. Meade; Fort Meade.
  

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• noun a United States Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency
  Fort George G. Meade; Fort Meade.
  

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• noun United States general who was killed along with all his command by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Bighorn (1839-1876)
  General Custer; Custer.
  

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• noun United States dancer and choreographer (born in Russia) noted for his abstract and formal works (1904-1983)
  Balanchine.
  

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• noun United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
  George Beadle; Beadle.
  

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• noun Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)
  Bishop Berkeley; Berkeley.
  

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• noun British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)
  G. B. Shaw; Shaw.
  

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• noun English mathematician; creator of Boolean algebra (1815-1864)
  Boole.
  

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• noun English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840)
  Brummell; Beau Brummell.
  

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• noun United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)
  Nathan Birnbaum; Burns.
  

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• noun 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
  Dubya; Dubyuh; Bush; President Bush; George Walker Bush; George W. Bush; George Bush.
  
• noun vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)
  Bush; President Bush; George H.W. Bush; George Bush.
  

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• noun award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
  Scott.
  

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• noun United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959)
  Marshall; George Catlett Marshall.
  

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• noun Hungarian chemist who studied radioisotopes and was one of the discoverers of the element hafnium (1885-1966)
  Hevesy.
  

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• noun a United States naval officer remembered for his victory at Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War
  Admiral Dewey; Dewey.
  

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• noun a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855)
  George Dibdin Pitt; George Dibdin-Pitt; Pitt.
  

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• noun a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855)
  George Dibdin Pitt; George Dibdin-Pitt; Pitt.
  

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• noun English writer and illustrator; grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834-1896)
  George du Maurier; du Maurier.
  

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• noun United States inventor of a dry-plate process of developing photographic film and of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) and of the box camera and of a process for color photography (1854-1932)
  Eastman.
  

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• noun English philosopher (1873-1958)
  Moore; G. E. Moore.
  

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• noun American Confederate general known for leading a disastrous charge at Gettysburg (1825-1875)
  Pickett.
  

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• noun British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880)
  Eliot; Mary Ann Evans.
  

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• noun United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)
  Hale.
  

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• noun Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955)
  Enesco; George Enescu.
  

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• noun United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005)
  Kennan; George F. Kennan.
  

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• noun English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)
  Fox.
  

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• noun a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)
  Georg Friedrich Handel; George Frederick Handel; Handel.
  

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• noun a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)
  Georg Friedrich Handel; George Frederick Handel; Handel.
  

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• noun United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005)
  Kennan; George F. Kennan.
  

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• noun United States physicist (born in Russia) who was a proponent of the big-bang theory and who did research in radioactivity and suggested the triplet code for DNA (1904-1968)
  Gamow.
  

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• noun United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937)
  Gershwin.
  

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• noun British classical scholar (born in Australia) who advocated the League of Nations and the United Nations (1866-1957)
  Gilbert Murray; Murray.
  

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• noun United States general in charge of the Union troops at the Battle of Gettysburg (1815-1872)
  Meade.
  

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• noun Cherokee who created a notation for writing the Cherokee language (1770-1843)
  Sequoya; Sequoyah.
  

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• noun vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)
  Bush; President Bush; George H.W. Bush; George Bush.
  

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• noun English rock star; lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001)
  Harrison.
  

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• noun United States biochemist noted for developing drugs to treat leukemia and gout (1905-1998)
  Hitchings.
  

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• noun United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931)
  Mead.
  

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• noun vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924)
  Bush; President Bush; George H.W. Bush; George Bush.
  

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• noun United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
  Ruth; Babe Ruth; Sultan of Swat.
  

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• noun Australian who was the first to explore the Arctic by airplane (1888-1958)
  Wilkins.
  

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• noun United States physician who first described Huntington's chorea
  Huntington.
  

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• noun Elector of Hanover and the first Hanoverian King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 (1660-1727)
  George.
  

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• noun King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover from 1727 to 1760 (1683-1760)
  George.
  

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• noun 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)
  George.
  

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• noun 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)
  George.
  

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• noun English writer and illustrator; grandfather of Daphne du Maurier (1834-1896)
  George du Maurier; du Maurier.
  

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• noun United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944)
  Lucas.
  

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• noun United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942)
  George M. Cohan; Cohan.
  

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• noun English historian and son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan whose works include a social history of England and a biography of Garibaldi (1876-1962)
  Trevelyan.
  

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• noun United States general and statesman who as Secretary of State organized the European Recovery Program (1880-1959)
  Marshall; George Catlett Marshall.
  

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• noun American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
  Mason.
  

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• noun United States labor leader who was the first president of the AFL-CIO (1894-1980)
  Meany.
  

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• noun English novelist and poet (1828-1909)
  Meredith.
  

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• noun United States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942)
  George M. Cohan; Cohan.
  

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1. A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n.

Webster 1913

• noun United States actor and filmmaker (1915-1985)
  Welles; Orson Welles.
  

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• noun imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950)
  Eric Blair; Orwell; Eric Arthur Blair.
  

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• noun English historian who wrote a history of the American revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay (1838-1928)
  Trevelyan; George Otto Trevelyan.
  

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• noun English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975)
  George Paget Thomson; Thomson.
  

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• noun United States composer (born in Australia) who lived in London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961)
  Grainger; Percy Aldridge Grainger; Percy Grainger.
  

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• noun a British playwright who created the fictional character Sweeney Todd (1799-1855)
  George Dibdin Pitt; George Dibdin-Pitt; Pitt.
  

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• noun United States playwright who collaborated with many other writers including Moss Hart (1889-1961)
  Kaufman; George S. Kaufman.
  

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• noun French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
  Sand; Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin; Baroness Dudevant.
  

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• noun United States sculptor (born in 1924)
  Segal.
  

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• noun United States playwright who collaborated with many other writers including Moss Hart (1889-1961)
  Kaufman; George S. Kaufman.
  

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• noun English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825 (1781-1848)
  Stephenson.
  

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• noun United States filmmaker (1905-1975)
  Stevens.
  

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• noun United States conductor (born in Hungary) (1897-1970)
  Szell.
  

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• noun the capital of the Cayman Islands
  

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• noun 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)
  George.
  

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• noun English navigator remembered for his exploration of the Pacific coast of North America (1757-1798)
  Vancouver.
  

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• noun King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 1936 to 1947; he succeeded Edward VIII (1895-1952)
  George.
  

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• noun 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
  Dubya; Dubyuh; Bush; President Bush; George Walker Bush; George W. Bush; George Bush.
  

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• noun 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
  Dubya; Dubyuh; Bush; President Bush; George Walker Bush; George W. Bush; George Bush.
  

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• noun 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
  Washington; President Washington.
  

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• noun a suspension bridge across the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey
  

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• noun United States botanist and agricultural chemist who developed many uses for peanuts and soy beans and sweet potatoes (1864-1943)
  Carver.
  

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• noun United States army officer and engineer who supervised the construction of the Panama Canal (1858-1928)
  Goethals.
  

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• noun United States biologist who discovered how hereditary characteristics are transmitted by genes (1903-1989)
  George Beadle; Beadle.
  

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• noun United States inventor and manufacturer (1846-1914)
  Westinghouse.
  

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• noun Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935)
  A.E.; Russell.
  

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• noun French composer best known for his operas (1838-1875)
  Bizet.
  

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• noun French painter who led the cubist movement (1882-1963)
  Braque.
  

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• noun French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929)
  Clemenceau; Georges Clemenceau.
  

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• noun French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
  Baron Georges Cuvier; Cuvier; Georges Cuvier.
  

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• noun French painter of religious works (1593-1652)
  La Tour.
  

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• noun Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955)
  Enesco; George Enescu.
  

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• noun French statesman who played a key role in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles (1841-1929)
  Clemenceau; Georges Clemenceau.
  

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• noun French neurologist (1857-1904)
  Tourette; Gilles de la Tourette.
  

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• noun Belgian cosmologist who proposed the big-bang theory of the origin of the universe (1894-1966)
  Edouard Lemaitre; Lemaitre.
  

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• noun French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794)
  Danton.
  

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• noun French writer (born in Belgium) best known for his detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (1903-1989)
  Simenon; Georges Joseph Christian Simenon.
  

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• noun French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
  Baron Georges Cuvier; Cuvier; Georges Cuvier.
  

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• noun French painter who developed pointillism (1859-1891)
  Seurat; Georges Pierre Seurat.
  

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• noun French painter who developed pointillism (1859-1891)
  Seurat; Georges Pierre Seurat.
  

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• noun French writer (born in Belgium) best known for his detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (1903-1989)
  Simenon; Georges Joseph Christian Simenon.
  

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• noun prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)
  Wells; H. G. Wells.
  

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• noun United States admiral who advocated the development of nuclear submarines (1900-1986)
  Hyman Rickover; Rickover.
  

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• noun English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941)
  James George Frazer; Frazer.
  

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• noun English writer of Irish descent who spent much of his life in Mediterranean regions (1912-1990)
  Durrell; Lawrence Durrell.
  

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• noun English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)
  Byron; Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale.
  

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• noun 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)
  Dubya; Dubyuh; Bush; President Bush; George Walker Bush; George W. Bush; George Bush.
  

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• noun Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938)
  Laver; Rod Laver.
  

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• noun English chemist (1897-1978)
  Norrish.
  

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• noun 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)
  George; Saint George.
  

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• noun English historian who wrote a history of the American revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay (1838-1928)
  Trevelyan; George Otto Trevelyan.
  

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• noun English physicist (son of Joseph John Thomson) who was a co-discoverer of the diffraction of electrons by crystals (1892-1975)
  George Paget Thomson; Thomson.
  

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• noun English diplomat and author (1886-1968)
  Nicolson; Harold Nicolson.
  

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• noun English social anthropologist noted for studies of primitive religion and magic (1854-1941)
  James George Frazer; Frazer.
  

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• noun 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)
  George; Saint George.
  

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• noun the capital and largest city of Grenada
  capital of Grenada.
  

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• noun Scottish writer of adventure novels (1721-1771)
  Tobias Smollett; Smollett.
  

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