St. Georges Cross

St George's Cross (or the Cross of St George) is a red cross on a white background. This pattern was associated with Saint George from medieval times.

— Wiktionary

Bushism

The political philosophy associated with either of the US presidents George W. Bush and George H. W. Bush

— Wiktionary

Mullerian

of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Johannes Muller

— Webster Dictionary

Hyalite

a pellucid variety of opal in globules looking like colorless gum or resin; -- called also Muller's glass

— Webster Dictionary

Geordie

a name given by miners to George Stephenson's safety lamp

— Webster Dictionary

Washingtonian

pertaining to, or characteristic of, George Washington; as, a Washingtonian policy

— Webster Dictionary

Georgiana

derived from George.

— Wiktionary

additionary

additional - George Herbert.

— Wiktionary

W

Nickname for George W. Bush

— Wiktionary

Dubya

A nickname for George W. Bush.

— Wiktionary

Georgina

, the feminine form of George.

— Wiktionary

View

the pictorial representation of a scene; a sketch, /ither drawn or painted; as, a fine view of Lake George

— Webster Dictionary

Geordie

A diminutive of the male given name George.

— Wiktionary

Zograf

Saint George the Zograf, an icon in

— Wiktionary

Georgie

A diminutive of the male given name George.

— Wiktionary

Georgianna

, a spelling variant of Georgiana, confused with George + Anna.

— Wiktionary

Bradshaw

A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw

— Wiktionary

George

or Georgia; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).

— Wiktionary

Big Brother

The nominal leader of Oceania in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.

— Wiktionary

Georgie Porgie

alternative form of George not used as a given name but often nominally.

— Wiktionary

Shawism

A belief, quotation, etc. attributed to the Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950).

— Wiktionary

u00C6

The pseudonym of the Irish writer George William Russell.

— Wiktionary

Boolean

Of or pertaining to the work of George Boole.

— Wiktionary

Bushist

A supporter of George W. Bush, or advocate of his policies

— Wiktionary

Shavian

Of, or relating to George Bernard Shaw or his works.

— Wiktionary

Quaker

one of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4

— Webster Dictionary

ectypal

Copied, as contrasted with an archetypal original. Has a specialised sense when used by the philosopher George Berkeley.

— Wiktionary

Bushonomics

The economic policies associated with the presidency of George W. Bush, 2001-2009.

— Wiktionary

accusatory

Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; "as, an accusatory libel" - George Grote

— Wiktionary

Bush administration

the executive under President George H. W. Bush

— Princeton's WordNet

Washington's Birthday, February 22

the day on which George Washington is remembered

— Princeton's WordNet

Washingtonian

of or relating to or in the manner of George Washington

— Princeton's WordNet

Bush administration

the executive under President George W. Bush

— Princeton's WordNet

Bushism

A turn of phrase spoken by President George W. Bush that is unintentionally comical due to grammatical errors, malapropisms, etc.

— Wiktionary

Paschal Lamb

A lamb depicted with nimbus and bearing a flag (usually St. George's cross: argent a cross gules).

— Wiktionary

Sequoyah

Inventor of the syllabary for writing the Cherokee language, also known as George Guess.

— Wiktionary

Washington

popular during the first century of American independence, also in the form George Washington.

— Wiktionary

Bushonomics

The economic policies associated with the presidency of George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993.

— Wiktionary

Shavian

of or relating to George Bernard Shaw or his works

— Princeton's WordNet

Handelian

of or relating to or in the manner of George Frederick Handel

— Princeton's WordNet

Byronian

Of or pertaining to British Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) or his writings.

— Wiktionary

Byronic

Of or pertaining to British Romantic poet George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) or his writings.

— Wiktionary

downey heads

British stamps with the image of King George V, based on a photograph by the court photographers W & D Downey.

— Wiktionary

Shavian alphabet

a synthetic alphabet, invented by George Bernard Shaw in an attempt to overcome the difficulties in English spelling

— Wiktionary

Boolean logic, Boolean algebra

a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole; used in computers

— Princeton's WordNet

Boolean logic, Boolean algebra

a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole; used in computers

— Princeton's WordNet

Trilby

singer in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali

— Princeton's WordNet

Hanover, House of Hanover, Hanoverian line

the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)

— Princeton's WordNet

Stuart, Gilbert Stuart, Gilbert Charles Stuart

United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)

— Princeton's WordNet

Orwellian

of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially his picture of a future totalitarian state)

— Princeton's WordNet

Mount Vernon

the former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river

— Princeton's WordNet

Hart, Moss Hart

United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)

— Princeton's WordNet

Hart, Moss Hart

United States playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman (1904-1961)

— Princeton's WordNet

Hanover, House of Hanover, Hanoverian line

the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)

— Princeton's WordNet

Hanover, House of Hanover, Hanoverian line

the English royal house that reigned from 1714 to 1901 (from George I to Victoria)

— Princeton's WordNet

Stuart, Gilbert Stuart, Gilbert Charles Stuart

United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)

— Princeton's WordNet

Todd, Sweeney Todd

fictional character in a play by George Pitt; a barber who murdered his customers

— Princeton's WordNet

Svengali

the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically

— Princeton's WordNet

Stuart, Gilbert Stuart, Gilbert Charles Stuart

United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)

— Princeton's WordNet

Todd, Sweeney Todd

fictional character in a play by George Pitt; a barber who murdered his customers

— Princeton's WordNet

George

a figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter

— Webster Dictionary

Herschel

The planet Uranus. In use until the mid-19th century as an alternative to Georgium Sidus after King George III.

— Wiktionary

Byron

George Gordon (Noel) Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22, 1788u2013April 19, 1824), a famous English poet and leading figure in romanticism.

— Wiktionary

Lafayette, La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)

— Princeton's WordNet

Lafayette, La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)

— Princeton's WordNet

Newburgh

a town on the Hudson River in New York; in 1782 and 1783 it was George Washington's headquarters

— Princeton's WordNet

Lafayette, La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)

— Princeton's WordNet

Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends, Quakers

a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers

— Princeton's WordNet

Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends, Quakers

a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers

— Princeton's WordNet

Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends, Quakers

a Christian sect founded by George Fox about 1660; commonly called Quakers

— Princeton's WordNet

Lafayette, La Fayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

French soldier who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)

— Princeton's WordNet

bushwhacking

criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions

— Wiktionary

Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

United States lyricist who frequently collaborated with his brother George Gershwin (1896-1983)

— Princeton's WordNet

Gershwin, Ira Gershwin

United States lyricist who frequently collaborated with his brother George Gershwin (1896-1983)

— Princeton's WordNet

Boolean

of or relating to a combinatorial system devised by George Boole that combines propositions with the logical operators AND and OR and IF THEN and EXCEPT and NOT

— Princeton's WordNet

Walpole, Robert Walpole, Sir Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford

Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)

— Princeton's WordNet

Walpole, Robert Walpole, Sir Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford

Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)

— Princeton's WordNet

Walpole, Robert Walpole, Sir Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford

Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)

— Princeton's WordNet

Regency

the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity

— Princeton's WordNet

Walpole, Robert Walpole, Sir Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford

Englishman and Whig statesman who (under George I) was effectively the first British prime minister (1676-1745)

— Princeton's WordNet

Bushian

Of or pertaining to a person named Bush, in particular and usually President of the United States, George W. Bush:

— Wiktionary

Boehme, Jakob Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm, Behmen, Jakob Behmen

German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)

— Princeton's WordNet

Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Butcher Cumberland

English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)

— Princeton's WordNet

Bush, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya

43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

— Princeton's WordNet

Bush, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya

43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

— Princeton's WordNet

Bush, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya

43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

— Princeton's WordNet

North, Frederick North, Second Earl of Guilford

British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)

— Princeton's WordNet

Steuben, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben

American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794)

— Princeton's WordNet

Boehme, Jakob Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm, Behmen, Jakob Behmen

German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)

— Princeton's WordNet

Boehme, Jakob Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm, Behmen, Jakob Behmen

German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)

— Princeton's WordNet

North, Frederick North, Second Earl of Guilford

British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)

— Princeton's WordNet

Boehme, Jakob Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm, Behmen, Jakob Behmen

German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)

— Princeton's WordNet

Boehme, Jakob Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm, Behmen, Jakob Behmen

German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)

— Princeton's WordNet

Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Butcher Cumberland

English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)

— Princeton's WordNet

Elizabeth, Elizabeth II

daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)

— Princeton's WordNet

Elizabeth, Elizabeth II

daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)

— Princeton's WordNet

Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Butcher Cumberland

English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)

— Princeton's WordNet

North, Frederick North, Second Earl of Guilford

British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)

— Princeton's WordNet

Boehme, Jakob Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm, Behmen, Jakob Behmen

German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)

— Princeton's WordNet

Bush, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya

43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

— Princeton's WordNet

Steuben, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben

American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained the troops under George Washington (1730-1794)

— Princeton's WordNet

Boehme, Jakob Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm, Behmen, Jakob Behmen

German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)

— Princeton's WordNet

Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Butcher Cumberland

English general; son of George II; fought unsuccessfully in the battle of Fontenoy (1721-1765)

— Princeton's WordNet

Boehme, Jakob Boehme, Bohme, Jakob Bohme, Boehm, Jakob Boehm, Behmen, Jakob Behmen

German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)

— Princeton's WordNet

Bush, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya

43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

— Princeton's WordNet

Bush, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya

43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

— Princeton's WordNet

Bush, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya

43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

— Princeton's WordNet

Bush, George Bush, George W. Bush, George Walker Bush, President Bush, President George W. Bush, Dubyuh, Dubya

43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946)

— Princeton's WordNet

Regency

the historical period in the United Kingdom - specifically 1811-1820 - in which King George IV ruled as Prince Regent.

— Wiktionary

Byronesque

Reminiscent of the works of George Gordon Byron, typified by gloomy Romantic themes and passionate, arrogant and self-destructive heroes.

— Wiktionary

Marshall Plan, European Recovery Program

a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952); named after George Marshall

— Princeton's WordNet

Allen, Gracie Allen, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Gracie

United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)

— Princeton's WordNet

Marshall Plan, European Recovery Program

a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952); named after George Marshall

— Princeton's WordNet

Allen, Gracie Allen, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Gracie

United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)

— Princeton's WordNet

Wilkes, John Wilkes

English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797)

— Princeton's WordNet

Wilkes, John Wilkes

English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797)

— Princeton's WordNet

Allen, Gracie Allen, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Gracie

United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)

— Princeton's WordNet

Allen, Gracie Allen, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Gracie

United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)

— Princeton's WordNet

spencer

A short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early nineteenth century; probably named after George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834).

— Wiktionary

William IV, Sailor King

King of England and Ireland; son of George III who ascended the throne after a long naval career (1765-1837)

— Princeton's WordNet

Steinman, David Barnard Steinman

United States civil engineer noted for designing suspension bridges (including the George Washington Bridge) (1886-1960)

— Princeton's WordNet

Steinman, David Barnard Steinman

United States civil engineer noted for designing suspension bridges (including the George Washington Bridge) (1886-1960)

— Princeton's WordNet

Lakoffian

Of or pertaining to George P Lakoff (1941-), American cognitive linguist noted for his ideas about the centrality of metaphor to human thinking and behaviour.

— Wiktionary

Georgian

Of, from, or characteristic of the reigns of Kings George I-IV of the UK (1714-1837).

— Wiktionary

Orwellian

Pertaining to or resembling the works of George Orwell, especially in reference to the dystopia in Nineteen Eighty-Four

— Wiktionary

Washington, Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States

the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791

— Princeton's WordNet

Washington, Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States

the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791

— Princeton's WordNet

Washington, Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States

the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791

— Princeton's WordNet

Washington, Washington D.C., American capital, capital of the United States

the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791

— Princeton's WordNet

Washingtons Birthday

A federal holiday in the USA celebrated on the third Monday of February, during which the US presidents, especially George Washington, are celebrated or remembered.

— Wiktionary

Powell, Colin Powell, Colin luther Powell

United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)

— Princeton's WordNet

Powell, Colin Powell, Colin luther Powell

United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)

— Princeton's WordNet

Trevelyan, George Macaulay Trevelyan

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

— Princeton's WordNet

Powell, Colin Powell, Colin luther Powell

United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)

— Princeton's WordNet

Trevelyan, George Macaulay Trevelyan

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

— Princeton's WordNet

Ross, Betsy Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross

American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)

— Princeton's WordNet

Friend, Quaker

a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

— Princeton's WordNet

Ross, Betsy Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross

American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)

— Princeton's WordNet

Ross, Betsy Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross

American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)

— Princeton's WordNet

Friend, Quaker

a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)

— Princeton's WordNet

Harmonite

one of a religious sect, founded in Wurtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony

— Webster Dictionary

Washington Monument

a stone obelisk built in Washington in 1884 to honor George Washington; 555 feet tall

— Princeton's WordNet

Syncretist

an adherent of George Calixtus and other Germans of the seventeenth century, who sought to unite or reconcile the Protestant sects with each other and with the Roman Catholics, and thus occasioned a long and violent controversy in the Lutheran church

— Webster Dictionary

Blairism

The political ideology attributed to the governments of British Prime Minister Tony Blair 1997-2007, characterised by, among other things, the Third Way, supporting the United States President George W Bush

— Wiktionary

Georgian

Of the reign of a King George, or in the style of that reign. (mostly British).

— Wiktionary

St. Georges Day

The saint's day of Saint George, the patron saint of England, celebrated on April 23.

— Wiktionary

District of Columbia, D.C., DC

the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia

— Princeton's WordNet

District of Columbia, D.C., DC

the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia

— Princeton's WordNet

District of Columbia, D.C., DC

the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia

— Princeton's WordNet

Washington

George Washington, the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army of the American rebels and first President of the United States of America, from 1789 to 1797.

— Wiktionary

Mitchell principles

six recommendations, set out in a report by US Senator George Mitchell, urging everyone involved in the Northern Ireland conflict to renounce violence and agree to disarmament before entering into all-party negotiations

— Wiktionary

Gallup poll

A poll of the opinion of randomly chosen persons, used to represent the opinion of the public, conducted by w:George Gallup or one the companies he founded.

— Wiktionary

pygmalion

Bloody (only in 'not pygmalion likely'), from the sensational, and then scandalous, line 'not bloody likely' in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.

— Wiktionary

George, Saint George, St. George

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)

— Princeton's WordNet

George, Saint George, St. George

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)

— Princeton's WordNet

George, Saint George, St. George

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)

— Princeton's WordNet

George, George III

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)

— Princeton's WordNet

George, George III

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)

— Princeton's WordNet

Newspeak

The fictional language devised to meet the needs of Ingsoc in the novel Nineteen Eighty-four (George Orwell, 1949). Designed to restrict the words, and hence the thoughts, of the citizens of Oceania.

— Wiktionary

Celtic Sea

the area of the Atlantic Ocean off the south coast of Ireland bounded by Saint George's Channel, the Bristol Channel, the English Channel, and the Bay of Biscay

— Wiktionary

Union Jack

The flag of the United Kingdom, consisting of the flags of England (St. George's Cross), Scotland (St. Andrew's Cross), and Ireland (St. Patrick's Cross) now only used in Northern Ireland combined.

— Wiktionary

Cross

an appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consists of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it

— Webster Dictionary

Irish Sea

A sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland; bordered to the north by the North Channel and to the south by St George's Channel and the Celtic Sea.

— Wiktionary

Ahlden, Castle of

a castle in Lüneburg Heath, the nearly lifelong prison-house of the wife of George I. and the mother of George II. and of Sophie Dorothea of Prussia.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

teleological argument

A type of argument for the existence of God, advanced by a number of philosophers, including Thomas Aquinas and George Berkeley, which maintains that the design of the world reveals that objects have purposes or ends and that such an organized design must be the creation of a supreme designer (God). Also called the argument from design.

— Wiktionary

pygmalion

One who acts as the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion (who was granted the wish of having life given to a sculpture of his which he loved a great deal), as in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion in which he sometimes refers to his main character (Henry Higgins) as Pygmalion Higgins.

— Wiktionary

New Brunswick

A province of eastern Canada, one of the Maritime Provinces with NOVA SCOTIA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; and sometimes NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. Its capital is Fredericton. It was named in honor of King George III, of the House of Hanover, also called Brunswick. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p828 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p375)

— U.S. National Library of Medicine

Kinesiology, Applied

The study of muscles and the movement of the human body. In holistic medicine it is the balance of movement and the interaction of a person's energy systems. Applied kinesiology is the name given by its inventor, Dr. George Goodheart, to the system of applying muscle testing diagnostically and therapeutically to different aspects of health care. (Thorsons Introductory Guide to Kinesiology, 1992, p13)

— U.S. National Library of Medicine

Cincinnatus of the Americans

George Washington.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Doctor Squintum

George Whitfield.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Cross, Mrs.

George Eliot's married name.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Personal Construct Theory

A psychological theory based on dimensions or categories used by a given person in describing or explaining the personality and behavior of others or of himself. The basic idea is that different people will use consistently different categories. The theory was formulated in the fifties by George Kelly. Two tests devised by him are the role construct repertory test and the repertory grid test. (From Stuart Sutherland, The International Dictionary of Psychology, 1989)

— U.S. National Library of Medicine

Fraser River

the chief river of British Columbia, is formed by the junction near Fort George of two streams, one rising in the Rockies, the other flowing out of the Lakes Stuart and Fraser; it discharges into the Georgian Gulf, 800 m. below Fort George. Rich deposits of gold are found in the lower basin, and an active industry in salmon-catching and canning is carried on.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Evans, Mary Ann

the real name of George Eliot (q. v.).

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Prince Edward Island

An island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence constituting a province of Canada in the eastern part of the country. It is very irregular in shape with many deep inlets. Its capital is Charlottetown. Discovered by the French in 1534 and originally named Ile Saint-Jean, it was renamed in 1799 in honor of Prince Edward, fourth son of George III and future father of Queen Victoria. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p981 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p433)

— U.S. National Library of Medicine

Felix Holt

a novel of George Eliot's, written in 1866.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

First Gentleman of Europe

George IV., from his fine style and manners.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Calorius, Abraham

a fiery Lutheran polemic, a bitter enemy of George Calixtus (1612-1686).

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Brighton

a much-frequented watering-place in Sussex, 50 m. S. of London, of which it is virtually a suburb; a place of fashionable resort ever since George IV. took a fancy to it; a fine parade extends along the whole length of the sea front; has many handsome edifices, a splendid aquarium, a museum, schools of science and art, public library and public gallery; the principal building is the Pavilion or Marine Palace, originally built for George IV. Also the name of a suburb of Melbourne.

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ananias

1. The first ad-writer.

2. Any person who adapts the truth to his needs.

3. An ancient Saint George who slew the dragon Truth--hence, any popular hero or revealer who displays his grinders.

— The Roycroft Dictionary

Farmer George

George III., a name given to him from his plain, homely, thrifty manners and tastes.

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Gentle Shepherd

a nickname George Grenville bore from a retort of the elder Pitt one day in Parliament.

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Dynamo, Non-polar

A name given by Prof. George Forbes to a dynamo invented by him. In it a cylinder of iron rotates within a perfectly self-contained iron-clad field magnet. The current is taken off by brushes bearing near the periphery, at two extremities of a diameter. A machine with a disc 18 inches in diameter was said to give 3,117 amperes, with 5.8 volts E. M. F. running at 1,500 revolutions per second. The E. M. F. of such machines varies with the square of the diameter of the disc or cylinder.

— The Standard Electrical Dictionary

Adam Bede

George Eliot's first novel, published anonymously in 1859, took at once with both critic and public.

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Grenada

An island of the West Indies. Its capital is St. George's. It was discovered in 1498 by Columbus who called it Concepcion. It was held at different times by the French and the British during the 18th century. The British suppressed a native uprising in 1795. It was an associate state of Great Britain 1967-74 but became an independent nation within the British Commonwealth in 1974. The original name referred to the Feast of the Immaculate Conception but it was later renamed for the Spanish kingdom of Granada. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p467 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p219)

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Raeburn, Sir Henry

portrait-painter, born at Stockbridge, Edinburgh; was educated at George Heriot's Hospital; apprenticed to a goldsmith in the city, and gave early promise of his abilities as an artist; went to Italy; was introduced to Reynolds by the way, and after two years' absence settled in Edinburgh, and became famous as one of the greatest painters of the day; the portraits he painted included likenesses of all the distinguished Scotsmen of the period, at the head of them Sir Walter Scott; was knighted by George IV. a short time before his death (1756-1823).

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Sophia, Electress of Hanover

youngest daughter of Elizabeth, queen of Bohemia (q. v.), and mother of George I. (1630-1714).

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dark side hacker

A criminal or malicious hacker; a cracker. From George Lucas's Darth Vader, “seduced by the dark side of the Force”. The implication that hackers form a sort of elite of technological Jedi Knights is intended. Oppose samurai.

— The New Hacker's Dictionary

Tonga

An archipelago in Polynesia in the southwest Pacific Ocean, comprising about 150 islands. It is a kingdom whose capital is Nukualofa. It was discovered by the Dutch in 1616, visited by Tasman in 1643, and by Captain Cook in 1773 and 1777. The modern kingdom was established during the reign of King George Tupou I, 1845-93. It became a British protectorate in 1900 and gained independence in 1970. The name Tonga may be of local origin, meaning either island or holy. Its other name, Friendly Islands, was given by Captain Cook from the welcome given him by the natives. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1219 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p549)

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Bourgeois, Sir Francis

painter to George III.; left his collection to Dulwich College, and £10,000 to build a gallery for them (1756-1811).

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Egoist

a novel by George Meredith, much admired by R. L. Stevenson, who read and re-read it at least five times over.

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Bond, William

a distinguished American astronomer (1789-1815), who with his son, George Phillips, discovered a satellite of Neptune and an eighth satellite of Saturn (1826-1865).

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Dettingen

a village in Bavaria, where an army of English, Hanoverians, and Austrians under George II., in 1743 defeated the French under Duc de Noailles.

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Ramsay, Allan

portrait-painter, son of preceding; studied three years in Italy, settled in London, and was named first painter to George III. (1715-1764).

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Caroline of Brunswick

queen of George IV. and daughter of the Duke of Brunswick; married George, then Prince of Wales, in 1795; gave birth to the Princess Charlotte the year following, but almost immediately after her husband abandoned her; she retired to a mansion at Blackheath; was allowed to go abroad after a time; on the accession of her husband she was offered a pension of £50,000 if she stayed out of the country, but rejected it and claimed her rights as queen; was charged with adultery, but after a long trial acquitted; on the day of the coronation sought admission to Westminster Abbey, but the door was shut against her; she died a fortnight after (1768-1821).

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Banca

an island in the Eastern Archipelago, belonging to the Dutch, with an unhealthy climate; rich in tin, worked by Chinese.

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Adrian, St.

the chief military saint of N. Europe for many ages, second only to St. George; regarded as the patron of old soldiers, and protector against the plague.

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Una

the personification of Truth, the companion of St. George in his adventures, and who, after various adventures herself, is at last wedded to him.

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Dance, George

English architect; was architect to the City of London, and designed the Mansion House, his chief work (1700-1768). George, his son, built Newgate Prison (1740-1825).

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Consuelo

the heroine of George Sand's novel of the name, her masterpiece; the impersonation of the triumph of moral purity over manifold temptations.

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Brodie, Sir Benjamin

surgeon, born in Wiltshire; professor of surgery; for 30 years surgeon in St. George's Hospital; was medical adviser to three sovereigns; president of the Royal Society (1783-1862).

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Brook Farm

an abortive literary community organised on Fourier's principles, 8 m. from Boston, U.S., by George Ripley in 1840; Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the community, and wrote an account of it.

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Kingstown

seaport of Dublin, 7 m. SE.; was till 1817 but a fishing village; has a harbour designed by Rennie, which cost £525,000; was originally Dunleary, and changed into Kingstown on George IV.'s visit in 1821.

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Patrick, Order of St.

an Irish order of knighthood, founded in 1783 by George III., comprising the sovereign, the Lord-Lieutenant, and twenty-two knights, and indicated by the initial letters K.P.

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Highgate

a noted suburb of London, 5 m. N. of the General Post-Office; the burial-place of Coleridge, George Eliot, and Faraday. Dick Whittington's Stone is at the foot of Highgate Hill.

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Carlton Club

the Conservative club in London, so called, as erected on the site of Carlton House, demolished in 1828, and occupied by George IV. when he was Prince of Wales.

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Whiteboys

a secret Irish organisation that at the beginning of George III.'s reign asserted their grievances by perpetrating agrarian outrages; so called from the white smocks the members wore in their nightly raids.

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Bangorian Controversy

a controversy in the Church of England provoked by a sermon which Hoadley, bishop of Bangor, preached before George I. in 1717, which offended the sticklers for ecclesiastical authority.

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Weymouth

a market-town and watering-place in Dorsetshire, 8 m. S. of Dorchester; has a fine beach and an esplanade over a mile in length; it came into repute from the frequent visits of George III.

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Rawal Pindi

a trading and military town in the Punjab, 160 m. NW. of Lahore; has an arsenal, fort, etc., and is an important centre for the Afghanistan and Cashmere trades.

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Red Cross Knight

St. George, the patron saint of England, and the type and the symbol of justice and purity at feud with injustice and impurity.

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Comrie

a village in Perthshire, on the Earn, 20 m. W. of Perth, in a beautiful district of country; subject to earthquakes from time to time; birthplace of George Gilfillan.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

No-Popery Riots

name given principally to riots in London in June 1780, due to the zeal of Lord George Gordon (q. v.), ending in the death of near 300 persons.

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Romola

a novel by George Eliot, deemed her greatest by many, being "a deep study of life in the city of Florence from an intellectual, artistic, religious, and social point of view."

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of

English statesman in the reign of George III.; held various offices of State under Rockingham, Chatham, and North; was bitterly assailed in the famous "Junius Letters" (1735-1811).

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Osnabrück

a town in Hanover, 70 m. W. of Hanover, with a bishopric founded by Charlemagne, which was held by a brother of George I., and was secularised in 1803.

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Fitzherbert, Mrs.

a Roman Catholic lady, maiden name Maria Anne Smythe, with whom, after her second widowhood, George IV., while Prince of Wales, contracted a secret marriage in 1785, which, however, under the Royal Marriage Act, was declared invalid (1756-1837).

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Chat Moss

a large bog in Lancashire, 7 m. W. of Manchester, which is partly reclaimed and partly, through the ingenuity of George Stephenson, traversed by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

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Red Cross Society

an internationally-recognised society of volunteers to attend to the sick and wounded in time of war, so called from the members of it wearing the badge of St. George.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Cheltenham

a healthy watering-place and educational centre in Gloucestershire; first brought into repute as a place of fashionable resort by the visits of George III. to it; contains a well-equipped college, where a number of eminent men have been educated.

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Est-il-possible

? the name given by James II. to Prince George of Denmark, the husband of Princess Anne, from his invariable exclamation on hearing how one after another had deserted the Stuart cause; he ended with deserting it himself.

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Evangeline

the heroine of a poem by Longfellow of the same name, founded on an incident connected with the expulsion of the natives of Acadia from their homes by order of George II.

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Railway King

name given by Sydney Smith to George Hudson (q. v.), the great railway speculator, who is said to have one day in the course of his speculations realised as much in scrip as £100,000.

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Nuneaton

a thriving market-town of Warwickshire, on the river Anker and the Coventry Canal, 22 m. E. of Birmingham; has a Gothic church; cotton, woollen, and worsted spinning is the chief industry; was the scene of George Eliot's education.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Seven Champions of Christendom

St. George, of England; St. Denis, of France; St. James, of Spain; St. Anthony, of Italy; St. Andrew, of Scotland; St. Patrick, of Ireland; and St. David, of Wales—often alluded to by old writers.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Lillo, George

English dramatist, born in London, by trade a jeweller; wrote seven comedies, of which "The Fatal Curiosity" and "George Barnwell" are the best and the best appreciated (1693-1739).

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Bray

a Berkshire village, famous for Simon Aleyn, its vicar from 1540 to 1588, who, to retain his living, never scrupled to change his principles; he lived in the reigns of Charles II., James II., William III., Queen Anne, and George I.

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Charlotte, Princess

daughter and only child of George IV. of England, married to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, afterwards king of Belgium; died after giving birth to a still-born boy, to the great grief of the whole nation (1796-1817).

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code police

[by analogy with George Orwell's ‘thought police’] A mythical team of Gestapo-like storm troopers that might burst into one's office and arrest one for violating programming style rules. May be used either seriously, to underline a claim that a particular style violation is dangerous, or ironically, to suggest that the practice under discussion is condemned mainly by anal-retentive weenies. “Dike out that goto or the code police will get you!” The ironic usage is perhaps more common.

— The New Hacker's Dictionary

Union Jack

originally the flag of Great Britain, on which the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew are blended, with which certain white streaks were blended or fimbriated after the Union with Ireland.

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Dandin, George

one of Molière's comedies, illustrative of the folly a man commits when he marries a woman of higher rank than his own, George being his impersonation of a husband who has patiently to endure all the extravagant whims and fancies of his dame of a wife.

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Cambridge, first Duke of

seventh and youngest son of George III.; served as volunteer under the Duke of York, and carried a marshal's baton; was made viceroy of Hanover, which he continued to be till, in 1837, the crown fell to the Duke of Cumberland (1774-1850).

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Coimbra

a rainy town in Portugal, of historical interest, 110 m. NNE. of Lisbon, with a celebrated university, in which George Buchanan was a professor, where he was accused of heresy and thrown into prison, and where he translated the Psalms into Latin.

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Golden Legend

a collection of lives of saints and other tales, such as that of the "Seven Sleepers" and "St. George and the Dragon," made in the 13th century by Jacques de Voragine, a Dominican monk, to the glory especially of his brotherhood.

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Kneller, Sir Godfrey

portrait-painter, born at Lübeck; studied under Rembrandt and at Italy, came to England in 1674, and was appointed court painter to Charles II., James II., William III., and George I.; practised his art till he was seventy, and made a large fortune (1646-1723).

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Albany

a town in W. Australia, on King George Sound, 261 m. SE. of Perth, a port of call for Australian liners; also the capital (94) of the State of New York, on the Hudson River, a well-appointed city; seat of justice for the State, with a large trade and numerous manufactures.

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May, Sir Thomas Erskine

English barrister; became Clerk of the House of Commons in 1871; wrote a parliamentary text-book, "Democracy in Europe," and a "Constitutional History of England since the Accession of George III.," in continuation of the works of Hallam and Stubbs (1815-1886).

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Revels, Master of the

also called Lord of Misrule, in olden times an official attached to royal and noble households to superintend the amusements, especially at Christmas time; he was a permanent officer at the English court from Henry VIII.'s reign till George III.'s, but during the 18th century the office was a merely nominal one.

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William IV.

king of England, known as the "sailor king," born in Buckingham Palace, the third son of George III.; entered the navy in 1779; saw service under Rodney and Nelson, but practically retired in 1789, as from insubordination he had to do, though he was afterwards promoted to be Admiral of the Fleet, and even Lord High Admiral, and continued to take great interest in naval affairs; after living, as Duke of Clarence, from 1792 to 1816 with Mrs. Jordan, the actress, by whom he had 10 children, he married in 1810 Adelaide, eldest daughter of the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen; on the death of the Duke of York in 1827 became heir-presumptive, and on the death of George IV. in 1830 succeeded to the throne; his reign was distinguished by the passing of the first Reform Bill in 1832, the abolition of slavery in the colonies in 1833, the reform of the poor-laws in 1834, and the Municipal Reform Act in 1835; died at Windsor, and was succeeded by his niece. Queen Victoria (1765-1837).

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Smith, Alexander

poet, born in Kilmarnock; began life as a pattern-designer, contributed to the Glasgow Citizen, wrote a volume of poems, "A Life Drama," and produced other works in a style characterised as "spasmodic," and which, according to Tennyson, "showed fancy, but not imagination" (1880-1807).

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Smiles, Samuel

author of "Self-Help," born in Haddington; was bred to medicine, and professed it for a time, but abandoned it for literary and other work; wrote the "Life of George Stephenson" in 1857, followed by "Self-Help" two years after; b. 1812.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Barnum

an American showman; began with the exhibition of George Washington's reputed nurse in 1834; picked up Tom Thumb in 1844; engaged Jenny Lind for 100 concerts in 1849, and realised a fortune, which he lost; started in 1871 with his huge travelling show, and realised another fortune, dying worth five million dollars (1810-1891).

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of

second son of George II., was defeated at Fontenoy by the French in 1745; defeated the Pretender next year at Culloden; earned the title of "The Butcher" by his cruelties afterwards; was beaten in all his battles except this one (1721-1765).

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Fitzwilliam, William, Earl

a politician of George the Third's time; the excesses of the French Revolution caused him to come over from the Whigs and support Pitt; favoured Catholic emancipation during his Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland, but was recalled; held office under Grenville in 1806, and took some part in the Reform Bill agitation of the day (1748-1833).

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Le Gallienne, Richard

poet, journalist, and critic, born in Liverpool, of a Guernsey family; has been connected with and contributed to several London journals; is author of "My Lady's Sonnets," "George Meredith: some Characteristics," "The Religion of a Literary Man," &c.; is successful as a lecturer as well as a littérateur; b. 1866.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Grenada

one of the most picturesque of the Windward Islands, in the British West Indies, of volcanic origin; lies about 60 m. N. of Venezuela; the harbour of St. George, the capital, is the most sheltered anchorage in the Windward Islands; fruits, cocoa, and coffee are cultivated; it was ceded by France in 1783.

— The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Durham, Admiral

entered the navy in 1777; was officer on the watch when the Royal George went down off Spithead, and the only one with Captain Waghorn who escaped; served as acting-lieutenant of a ship under Lord Howe at the relief of Gibraltar, and commanded the Defence, a ship of 74 guns, at the battle of Trafalgar (1763-1815).

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Camden, Charles Pratt, first Earl of

a distinguished British lawyer and statesman, chief-justice of the King's Bench in George I.'s reign, and ultimately Lord Chancellor of England; opposed, as judge in the case, the prosecution of Wilkes as illegal, and as a statesman the policy and action of the government towards the American colonies; he was created earl in 1786 (1713-1794).

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Brummell, Beau

born in London, in his day the prince of dandies; patronised by the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV.; quarrelled with the prince; fled from his creditors to Calais, where, reduced to destitution, he lived some years in the same reckless fashion; settled at length in Caen, where he died insane (1778-1805).

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Moreau, Jean Victor

French general, born at Morlaix; served with distinction under the Republic and the Empire; was suspected of plotting against the latter with George Cadoudal, and banished on conviction; went to America, but returning to Europe, joined the ranks of the Russians against his country, and was mortally wounded by a cannon ball at Dresden (1763-1813).

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