George II

American  

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 British  

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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This last sentence traveled across the Atlantic to reach King George II, who observed, “he would not say so, if he had been used to hear many.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Tucked between a George II mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase and a series of manuscript and watercolor maps showing the waterways of Venice, Clausen found a type of antiquated nautical map known as a portolan chart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

The young king had ascended to the throne almost a year earlier upon the death of his father George II, and was at that time a bachelor.

From BBC ● Apr. 5, 2023

Lots of them — the grander, the better — along the lines of the monumental coronation anthems Handel had written for the crowning of George II in 1727.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

King George II, ignoring French claims to the Ohio River valley, had given permission for colonizing the area to the Ohio Company, a group of Virginia landowners and London merchants.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen