Grecian
A senior pupil at Christ's Hospital School in West Sussex, EnglandA senior pupil at Christ's Hospital School in West Sussex, England.
» A single house can have a French-inspired mansard roof, Grecian columns, and English Tudor-inspired timbering.
В одном и том же доме может иметься французская мансардная крыша, греческие колонны и деревянные конструкции в стиле эпохи Тюдоров в Англии.
Meaning
5 sensesA senior pupil at Christ's Hospital School in West Sussex, England.
(obsolete)A native or inhabitant of Greece.
a native or resident of Greece
(obsolete)A Jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist.
(obsolete)One well versed in the Greek language; a scholar of Greek.
(obsolete, slang)An Irish labourer newly arrived on the British mainland.
Examples
2 sentencesA single house can have a French-inspired mansard roof, Grecian columns, and English Tudor-inspired timbering.
ruВ одном и том же доме может иметься французская мансардная крыша, греческие колонны и деревянные конструкции в стиле эпохи Тюдоров в Англии. — Wezel
"Could Pallas burn the Grecian fleet, and drown / their crews, for one man's crime, Oileus' frenzied son?"
Origin
From Latin Graecia + -an. Compare Old French grecien and Middle English grecan, grecen, grFrom Latin Graecia + -an. Compare Old French grecien and Middle English grecan, grecen, greken, grekin. By surface analysis, Greco- + -ian.
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