Georgian
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- adjective
- /ˈdʒɔrdʒən/
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georgiano
- That's a Georgian window, Mrs. Tate.
- late Georgian
- Georgian London
- Georgian England
Examples
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It's an old Georgian house, isn't it?
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Susan Walker's house turned out to be a cute little Georgian-style townhouse nestled among several others on picturesque Acorn Street.
Fiction book (1991) -
A bit of china, or an antique lamp, or perhaps a little piece of Georgian silver.
Fiction book (1990) -
Margaret's been left a small Georgian house in the West Country
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Somebody stole a little silver Georgian teaspoon.
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These really lovely elegant looking brass Georgian style sockets.
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The white trim of the Georgian buildings sparkled against the red brick.
Fiction book (1990) -
Ten foot ceilings, original Georgian classic cornices.
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The one-block street in Kentish Town is one of the only intact Georgian thoroughfares left in the vast metropolis.
Blog text (21) -
The main house is a spacious Georgian mansion built between 1795 and 1804.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Georgian = George (transparent) = George + ian
The suffix '-ian' denotes relation to the period of the Hanoverian kings named George.
Etymology
Georgian (period/style) comes from the British kings called George, so Georgian describes the time, style, or culture 'from the rule of the Georges' (the Georgian era).