Grecian
- noun
- /ˈɡriːʃən/
- Archaic
- Jungle meets Grecian meets showgirl meets circus: the best of the best of Macau's entertainment.
- Grecians and Greeks
You know, more white players, Viet, Asian, Poly, Grecian, Mexican.
- You know, more white players, Viet, Asian, Poly, Grecian, Mexican.
- I don't know if you've ever had a Greece, a Grecian around you, you know, but but they can be kind of fatherly sometimes, you know.
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You know, more white players, Viet, Asian, Poly, Grecian, Mexican.
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So your Cyprus wine, dear Grecian,
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Just think if everyone as dark as a Grecian would leave the country and take along some trailer trash with them under each arm.
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I'll wager that on my Grecian.
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And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians; but they went about to slay him.
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I don't know if you've ever had a Greece, a Grecian around you, you know, but but they can be kind of fatherly sometimes, you know.
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The "Sons of Anacreon" opened their meetings with the "Anacreontic Song," sung to the tune later used for the US national anthem: addressed "To Anacreon, in Heaven," the song petitions the "jolly old Grecian."
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The ancient Grecians developed many foundational ideas in philosophy and mathematics.
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Historians study the impact of Grecians on the modern world through their art and literature.
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The festival celebrated the contributions of Grecians to science and the arts in ancient history.
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Etymology
The word Grecian comes from the name Greece plus the ending -ian, which means 'from', so it originally meant a person 'from Greece' and is often used in old or literary stories.