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.
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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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Dreams of living in a Georgian manor house with 15 acres of grounds would usually be associated with a big lottery win.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The fall 2026 collection from Georgian brand Lado Bokuchava is a silver grommet fantasia, and Hodakova has been making elegantly articulated spiky clothing for a number of seasons now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
His early works in Bristol included a mural of a man hanging from a window, on a Georgian house.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Famous for its all-white garden designed by Vita Sackville-West, and for inspiring “Orlando,” by Sackville-West’s lover Virginia Woolf, Knole also has a Reynolds Room of Georgian portraits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
They were well-kept and handsomer, but basically, they were the same red-brick Georgian Colonials.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
“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
Carter Chapman, Kemp’s spokesperson, said Monday that the Kemp administration remains committed to Pathways and making refinements to meet the health care needs of Georgians.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 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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