Grecian
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɡɹi.ʃən/
Grecian (not comparable)
- (obsolete or poetic) Greek of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece.
- 1840, John Dunlop, The Universal Tendency to Association in Mankind. Analyzed and Illustrated, London: Houlston and Stoneman, page 103 ↗:
- Olympic Games. — Besides the ordinary confederacies that join independent states together, a singular federal bond is remarkable in the Olympic games, which for many ages cemented the Grecian commonwealths by a joint tie of recreation and religious ritual.
- Synonyms: Hellenic
- 1840, John Dunlop, The Universal Tendency to Association in Mankind. Analyzed and Illustrated, London: Houlston and Stoneman, page 103 ↗:
Grecian (plural Grecians)
- (obsolete) A native or inhabitant of Greece.
- A senior pupil at Christ's Hospital School in West Sussex, England.
- (obsolete) A Jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.
- (obsolete) One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history.
- (obsolete, slang) An Irish labourer newly arrived on the British mainland.
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