Georgian
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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.
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of or relating to the period of the reign of George V (1910–36) or to George V himself.
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of, noting, or designating the styles of architecture, furniture, and crafts current in England especially from 1714 to 1811.
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of or relating to the state of Georgia in the United States.
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of or relating to the Georgian Republic or its language.
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Georgians
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a person, especially a writer, of either of the Georgian periods in England.
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the styles or character of either of the Georgian periods.
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a native or inhabitant of the state of Georgia in the United States.
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a native or inhabitant of the Georgian Republic.
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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.
adjective
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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
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of or relating to George V of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or his reign (1910–36)
the Georgian poets
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of or relating to the republic of Georgia, its people, or their language
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of or relating to the American State of Georgia or its inhabitants
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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
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the official language of Georgia, belonging to the South Caucasian family
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a native or inhabitant of Georgia
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an aboriginal inhabitant of the Caucasus
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a native or inhabitant of the American State of Georgia
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a person belonging to or imitating the styles of either of the Georgian periods in England
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Instead, he emphasised his past work abroad, in the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda and as a former adviser to the anti-Moscow former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Boasting Georgian and Victorian architecture and overlooked by the Medieval fortress Castle Rushen, concerns have been raised over a severe decline in the number shops in Castletown's centre.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Georgian developers are preparing to market a 70-story Trump Tower in Tbilisi that would be the country’s tallest building.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The 56-year-old bought the 19th Century Georgian mansion in Llanwenarth, near Abergavenny, in November 2025.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The original is Georgian and made of wired glass.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
I want to make sure that we are holding ourselves accountable to a plan, and it’s hard for you to tell Georgians where you’re going if you don’t have a plan.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026
“We’re asking all Georgians to do your part in preventing the spread of wildfires as response teams work around the clock to contain those currently blazing,” Gov. Brian Kemp said on social media Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
One of those Georgians is Acosta, a 49-year-old single mother of three teenagers, one of whom has Type 1 diabetes and requires daily medication.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2025
But in the early republic, the federal forces to enforce the treaty against westward-migrating Georgians simply didn’t exist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
We lived below what Georgians called the gnat line, meaning all the gnats in the world lived in town with us.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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