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Webster 1913 Edition

(jôrj)

rop.

Noun.

[F.

George

, or

Georges

, a proper name, fr. Gr.

γεωργόσ

husbandman, laborer;

γέα

γῆ

, the earth +

ἔργειν

to work; akin to E.

work

. See

A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See

A kind of brown loaf.

[Obs.]

Dryden.

Noun.

A figure of St. George on horseback,worn by knights of the garter.

A brown loaf.