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Grecian.

Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).

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adj/ˈɡɹiːʃn̩/
  1. Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).

    not-comparable · obsolete · poetic
Where this word comes from

From Latin Graecia + -an. Compare Old French grecien and Middle English grecan, grecen, greken, grekin. By surface analysis, Greco- + -ian.

noun/ˈɡɹiːʃn̩/
  1. A native or inhabitant of Greece.

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

  3. A Jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.

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

    obsolete
  5. An Irish labourer newly arrived on the British mainland.

    obsolete · slang
Where this word comes from

From Latin Graecia + -an. Compare Old French grecien and Middle English grecan, grecen, greken, grekin. By surface analysis, Greco- + -ian.

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