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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.
Grecian
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A native or inhabitant of Greece.obsolete
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A senior pupil at Christ's Hospital School in West Sussex, England.
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A Jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.obsolete
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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.
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An Irish labourer newly arrived on the British mainland.obsoleteslang