George

George
    n 1: 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) [syn: {George}, {Saint
         George}, {St. George}]
    2: King of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from
       1936 to 1947; he succeeded Edward VIII (1895-1952) [syn:
       {George}, {George VI}]
    3: 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) [syn: {George}, {George V}]
    4: 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) [syn: {George}, {George
       IV}]
    5: 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) [syn: {George}, {George III}]
    6: King of Great Britain and Elector of Hanover from 1727 to
       1760 (1683-1760) [syn: {George}, {George II}]
    7: Elector of Hanover and the first Hanoverian King of Great
       Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1727 (1660-1727) [syn:
       {George}, {George I}]
    

George \George\ (j[^o]rj), prop. n. [F. George, or Georges, a
   proper name, fr. Gr. gewrgo`s husbandman, laborer; ge`a, gh^,
   the earth + 'e`rgein to work; akin to E. work. See {Work}.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on
      horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the
      Garter. See {Garter}.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A kind of brown loaf. [Obs.] --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Any coin having an image of Saint George. [Brit. slang]
      [PJC]
    

GEORGE

   <language> One of the earliest programming languages,
   developed by Charles Hamblin in 1957.  GEORGE was a {stack
   oriented language}, using {reverse Polish notation}.  It was
   implemented on the {English Electric} {DEUCE}.

   ["GEORGE: A Semi-Translation Programming Scheme for the DEUCE,
   Programming and Operations Manual", C. L. Hamblin, U New S
   Wales, 1958].

   ["Computer Languages", C.L. Hamblin, Aust J Sci 20(5):135-139,
   Dec 1957 and Aust Comp J 17(4):195-198, Nov 1985]

   (2007-03-18)
    

George, IA (city, FIPS 30225)
  Location: 43.34169 N, 96.00270 W
  Population (1990): 1066 (512 housing units)
  Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 51237
George, NC
  Zip code(s): 27897
George, WA (town, FIPS 26455)
  Location: 47.07859 N, 119.85597 W
  Population (1990): 253 (101 housing units)
  Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    

George, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa
   Population (2000):    1051
   Housing Units (2000): 532
   Land area (2000):     2.391318 sq. miles (6.193485 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.391318 sq. miles (6.193485 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            30225
   Located within:       Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
   Location:             43.342523 N, 96.001157 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     51237
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    George, IA
    George
    

George, WA -- U.S. city in Washington
   Population (2000):    528
   Housing Units (2000): 162
   Land area (2000):     0.600515 sq. miles (1.555326 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.600515 sq. miles (1.555326 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            26455
   Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
   Location:             47.078445 N, 119.857129 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    George, WA
    George
    

George -- U.S. County in Mississippi
   Population (2000):    19144
   Housing Units (2000): 7513
   Land area (2000):     478.292064 sq. miles (1238.770707 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    5.339593 sq. miles (13.829482 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    483.631657 sq. miles (1252.600189 sq. km)
   Located within:       Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
   Location:             30.864663 N, 88.624823 W
   Headwords:
    George
    George, MS
    George County
    George County, MS