greek

1. a. Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. Source: opted

2. n. A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece. Source: opted

3. n. A swindler; a knave; a cheat. Source: opted

4. n. Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me. Source: opted

5. adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language Source: wordnet

6. n. the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages Source: wordnet

7. n. a native or inhabitant of Greece Source: wordnet

8. n. the Greek language as spoken and written today Source: wordnet

9. Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. Greekcalends. See under Calends.-- Greek Church (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part ofChristendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in theninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christianpopulation of Russia (of which this is the established church),Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The Greek Church is governed bypatriarchs and is called also the Byzantine Church.-- Greek cross. See Illust. (10) Of Cross.-- Greek Empire. See Byzantine Empire.-- Greek fire, a combustible composition which burns under water,the constituents of which are supposed to be asphalt, with niter andsulphur. Ure.-- Greek rose, the flower campion. Source: adambom

10. j:66/n:34 n. the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages n. a native or inhabitant of Greece a. of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language Source: ecdict

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