George II


noun
  1. 1683–1760, king of England 1727–60 (son of George I).

  2. 1890–1947, king of Greece 1922–23 and 1935–47.

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George II

noun
  1. 1683–1760, king of Great Britain and Ireland and elector of Hanover (1727–60); son of George I. His victory over the French at Dettingen (1743) in the War of the Austrian Succession was the last appearance on a battlefield by a British king

  2. 1890–1947, king of Greece (1922–24; 1935–47). He was overthrown by the republicans (1924) and exiled during the German occupation of Greece (1941–45)

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