'Greek' definitions:
Definition of 'Greek'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language; "Greek mythology"; "a Grecian robe" [syn: Greek, Grecian, Hellenic]
noun
The Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages [syn: Greek, Hellenic, Hellenic language]
noun
A native or inhabitant of Greece [syn: Greek, Hellene]
Definition of 'Greek'
From: GCIDE
- Greek \Greek\, a. [AS. grec, L. Graecus, Gr. ?: cf. F. grec. Cf. Grecian.] Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. [1913 Webster]
- Greek calends. See under Greek calends in the vocabulary.
- Greek Church (Eccl. Hist.), the Eastern Church; that part of Christendom which separated from the Roman or Western Church in the ninth century. It comprises the great bulk of the Christian population of Russia (of which this is the established church), Greece, Moldavia, and Wallachia. The Greek Church is governed by patriarchs 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 and sulphur. --Ure.
- Greek rose, the flower campion. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Greek'
From: GCIDE
- Greek \Greek\, n.
- 1. A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A swindler; a knave; a cheat. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
- Without a confederate the . . . game of baccarat does not . . . offer many chances for the Greek. --Sat. Rev. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Greek'
From: Easton
- Greek Found only in the New Testament, where a distinction is observed between "Greek" and "Grecian" (q.v.). The former is (1) a Greek by race (Acts 16:1-3; 18:17; Rom. 1:14), or (2) a Gentile as opposed to a Jew (Rom. 2:9, 10). The latter, meaning properly "one who speaks Greek," is a foreign Jew opposed to a home Jew who dwelt in Palestine.
- The word "Grecians" in Acts 11:20 should be "Greeks," denoting the heathen Greeks of that city, as rendered in the Revised Version according to the reading of the best manuscripts ("Hellenes").
Synonyms of 'Greek'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Aesopian language,
- affiliate,
- argot,
- associate,
- babble,
- Babel,
- belonger,
- brother,
- cant,
- card-carrier,
- card-carrying member,
- cardholder,
- charter member,
- cipher,
- clubber,
- clubman,
- clubwoman,
- code,
- committeeman,
- comrade,
- conventioneer,
- conventioner,
- conventionist,
- cryptogram,
- double Dutch,
- drivel,
- dues-paying member,
- enlistee,
- enrollee,
- fellow,
- fraternity man,
- garble,
- gibberish,
- gift of tongues,
- glossolalia,
- gobbledygook,
- guildsman,
- honorary member,
- initiate,
- insider,
- jabber,
- jabberwocky,
- jargon,
- joiner,
- jumble,
- life member,
- member,
- noise,
- nonsense,
- one of us,
- pledge,
- scramble,
- secret language,
- sister,
- skimble-skamble,
- slang,
- socius,
- sorority girl,
- sorority woman
Words containing 'Greek'
- Greek Church,
- Greek Empire,
- Greek calendar,
- Greek calends,
- Greek cross,
- Greek fire,
- Greek kalends,
- Greek rose,
- Greek schism,
- Greek valerian,
- The Greek calends,
- United Greeks,
- ancient greek,
- byzantine greek,
- classical greek,
- greek alphabet,
- greek architecture,
- greek capital,
- greek catholic,
- greek chorus,
- greek clover,
- greek deity,
- greek drachma,
- greek fret,
- greek key,
- greek mode,
- greek mythology,
- greek orthodox,
- greek partridge,
- late greek,
- medieval greek,
- middle greek,
- modern greek,
- new greek,
- Greek paschal cycle,
- Neo-Greek,
- greek monetary unit,
- greek orthodox church,
- war of greek independence