grecian (n.) A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek.
grecian (n.) A jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.
grecian (n.) One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or
history.
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grecian Of or relating to Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language.
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grecian grē′shan, adj. pertaining to
Greece.—n. a native of Greece: one well versed in the Greek
language and literature: (B.) a Hellenising Jew, or Jew who spoke
Greek: one of the senior boys of Christ's Hospital: (slang) an
Irish labourer newly over.—v.t.Grē′cise, to make Grecian: to translate
into Greek.—v.i. to speak Greek.—n.Grē′cism, an idiom of the Greek
language.—adj.Grē′co-Rō′man, of or
pertaining to both Greece and Rome, esp. to the art cultivated by Greeks
under Roman domination (see also Wrestling).—Grecian
bend, a foolish mode of walking with a slight bend forward, at one
time affected by a few women who fondly thought to imitate the pose of a
figure like the Venus of Milo. [Fr. Grec—L.
Græcus—Gr. Graikos.]
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