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Definition of Grecian
1. Noun. A native or resident of Greece.
2. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language. "A Grecian robe"
Partainyms: Greece, Greece, Greece
Derivative terms: Greek, Greek, Greek, Hellene, Hellenic
Definition of Grecian
1. a. Of or pertaining to Greece; Greek.
2. n. A native or naturalized inhabitant of Greece; a Greek.
Definition of Grecian
1. Adjective. Greek ¹
2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Greece. ¹
3. Noun. A senior pupil at [ Christ's Hospital School]. ¹
4. Noun. A Jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist. ¹
5. Noun. One well versed in the Greek language, literature, or history. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grecian
1. grece [n -S] - See also: grece
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Grecian
Literary usage of Grecian
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1. The Art-idea: Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture in America by James Jackson Jarves (1865)
"Effect on grecian Art. — Its Emancipation from Egyptian Art. — Examples. — The
Egyptian Apollo. — The great Law of Change as applied to Art.— Antagonistic ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"36* Not for their grief the grecian hoft I blame; ... of their pity : Unhappy
monarch! whom the grecian race With ..."
3. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"Without visiting Attica, he now at Corinth- marched to the Isthmus of Corinth,
where he probably of the received from various grecian cities deputations ..."
4. The Genuine Works of Hippocrates by Hippocrates (1849)
"SECTION I. ON THE ORIGIN OF grecian MEDICINE, WITH A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF
HIPPOCRATES. IT is well known that the oldest documents which we possess relative ..."
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