Georgian

[ jawr-juhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to the period of British history from the accession of George I in 1714 to the death of George IV in 1830, or the four kings named George who reigned successively during this period.
2. of or relating to the period of the reign of George V (1910–36) or to George V himself.
3. of, noting, or designating the styles of architecture, furniture, and crafts current in England especially from 1714 to 1811.
4. of or relating to the state of Georgia in the United States.
5. of or relating to the Georgian Republic or its language.

noun

1. a person, especially a writer, of either of the Georgian periods in England.
2. the styles or character of either of the Georgian periods.
3. a native or inhabitant of the state of Georgia in the United States.
4. a native or inhabitant of the Georgian Republic.
5. the most widely spoken South Caucasian language, spoken principally in the Georgian Republic, and written in a distinctive alphabetic script dating back to the 9th century.

Georgian

/ ˈdʒɔːdʒjən /

adjective

1. of, characteristic of, or relating to any or all of the four kings who ruled Great Britain and Ireland from 1714 to 1830, or to their reigns
2. of or relating to George V of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or his reign (1910–36)

   the Georgian poets

3. of or relating to the republic of Georgia, its people, or their language
4. of or relating to the American State of Georgia or its inhabitants
5. in or imitative of the style prevalent in England during the 18th century (reigns of George I, II, and III); in architecture, dominated by the ideas of Palladio, and in furniture represented typically by the designs of Sheraton

noun

1. the official language of Georgia, belonging to the South Caucasian family
2. a native or inhabitant of Georgia
3. an aboriginal inhabitant of the Caucasus
4. a native or inhabitant of the American State of Georgia
5. a person belonging to or imitating the styles of either of the Georgian periods in England

Other Words From

• pre-Geor·gian adjective
• pseu·do-Geor·gian adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Georgian¹

George or Georgi(a) + -an

Example Sentences

Tbilisi Pride and other Georgian LGBTQ activists accused the former Soviet republic’s government of not doing enough to protect march participants.

From Washington Blade

Tbilisi Pride on July 5 is scheduled to hold a march in the Georgian capital.

From Washington Blade

“As a Georgian, I’m embarrassed by our Republican legislative leaders and governor,” the editorial cartoonist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says about the state’s new voting law.

From Washington Post

I am not the first Georgian to be arrested for fighting voter suppression.

From Essence.com

You voted to improve the lives of every Georgian, and you voted as if your life depended on it.

From Washington Post

He fought alongside Russian forces in the heaviest fighting of the brief war at Tskhinvali, forcing Georgian forces to retreat.

From The Daily Beast

The cognac, an effort by the Georgian vintners to replicate the traditional French liquor, is valued at $1400 for a single bottle.

From The Daily Beast

There were much more professional and experienced men in the group from the Pankisi who worked with the Georgian spy agency.

From The Daily Beast

The United States government has been overtly training and funding Georgian troops for more than a decade.

From The Daily Beast

The Daily Beast has learned that a young clean-shaven Tarkhan joined the U.S-funded Georgian army in 2006.

From The Daily Beast

The table was set with Georgian silver and decorated daintily with flowers, while several of the women wore splendid jewels.

From Project Gutenberg

At a later stage channels were formed leading from Georgian Bay to the eastern part of Ontario.

From Project Gutenberg

It is a great building in the Georgian style, rather plain from the outside, but the interior is furnished in great splendor.

From Project Gutenberg

He rode through the woods back to where the brave Georgian was dying, and day was about to break when he came back to his troops.

From Project Gutenberg

Its an almost perfect Georgian house and theyve got a lot of dreadful Victorian furniture.

From Project Gutenberg