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Grecian

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adj/ˈɡɹiːʃn̩/
  1. 1

    Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).not-comparableobsoletepoetic

    • He was a young man with a scornful mouth and the bright blue eyes of a healthy baby set in a dark sensitive face. His hair was pitch black, damp and curly—the hair of a Grecian statue gone brunette.
    • Chlorine blue, bordered in forest green and looking out onto a Grecian gazebo, the pool was composed of hundreds of ceramic kitchen tiles, like a Minecraft version of C.Z. Guest’s once-upon-a-time world.
noun/ˈɡɹiːʃn̩/
  1. 1

    A native or inhabitant of Greece.obsolete

  2. 2

    A senior pupil at Christ's Hospital School in West Sussex, England.

  3. 3

    A Jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.obsolete

  4. 4

    One well versed in the Greek language; a scholar of Greek.obsolete

    • I spoke of Mr. Harris, of Salisbury, as being a very learned man, and in particular an eminent Grecian.
    • […] and I will so exhibit its very words as that the reader, even if no Grecian, may understand the point in litigation.
  5. 5

    An Irish labourer newly arrived on the British mainland.obsoleteslang

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