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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, poetic
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Synonyms: Hellenic
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A native or inhabitant of Greece.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A senior pupil at Christ's Hospital School in West Sussex, England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A Jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
One well versed in the Greek language; a scholar of Greek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
An Irish labourer newly arrived on the British mainland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, slang
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adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: Greek, Hellenic
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noun
a native or resident of Greece
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: European
History
From Latin Graecia + -an. Compare Old French grecien and Middle English grecan, grecen, greken, grekin. By surface analysis, Greco- + -ian.
