| prop. n. | 1. | |
| 1. | A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter. | |
| 2. | A kind of brown loaf. | |
| 3. | Any coin having an image of Saint George. |
| Noun | 1. | George - Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303) Synonyms: Saint George, St. George |
| GEORGE - Charles Hamblin, 1957. One of the earliest programming languages, stack-oriented, used reverse Polish notation. Implemented on the English Electric DEUCE. "GEORGE: A Semi-Translation Programming Scheme for the DEUCE, Programming and Operations Manual", C. L. Hamblin, U New S Wales (1958). "Computer Languages", C.L. Hamblin, Aust J Sci 20(5):135-139 (Dec 1957) and Aust Comp J 17(4):195-198 (Nov 1985). |
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