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Grecian

Grecian

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A person from Greece, often mentioned in old stories
  • noun
  • /ˈɡriːʃən/
  • Archaic
translation icon : griego
  • 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.

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Examples

  • You know, more white players, Viet, Asian, Poly, Grecian, Mexican.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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."

    Academic text (2016)
  • The ancient Grecians developed many foundational ideas in philosophy and mathematics.

  • Historians study the impact of Grecians on the modern world through their art and literature.

  • The festival celebrated the contributions of Grecians to science and the arts in ancient history.

Synonyms

Greek
vsGrecian
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A person from Greece

is used more in historical or literary contexts rather than neutral speech
Hellene
vsGrecian
9.9

A person from Greece, especially in ancient times

covers historical or literary use more broadly not only ancient periods

Surface Forms

Grecian singular
Grecians plural

Morphology

Grecian = Greece (transparent) = Greece + ian

The suffix '-ian' is a standard formation to denote origin or relation, making the meaning clear.

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.