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Grecians

Grecians is the plural of Grecian.

Meaning of Grecian

Noun

Grecian (plural Grecians)

  1. (obsolete) A native or inhabitant of Greece.
  2. A senior pupil at Christ's Hospital School in West Sussex, England.
  3. (obsolete) A Jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.
  4. (obsolete) One well versed in the Greek language; a scholar of Greek.
    • I spoke of Mr. Harris, of Salisbury, as being a very learned man, and in particular an eminent Grecian.1791, James Boswell, “(please specify the year)”, in James Boswell, editor, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. […], London: […] Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, […], →OCLC
  5. (obsolete, slang) An Irish labourer newly arrived on the British mainland.

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Questions about Grecians

What is Grecians the plural of?
Grecians is the plural of Grecian.

Words near Grecians in the dictionary

  1. grecianize
  2. grecianized
  3. grecianizes
  4. grecianizing
  5. Grecianness
  6. Grecians
  7. Grecianship
  8. grecicize
  9. grecicized
  10. grecicizes
  11. grecicizing

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