Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A native or inhabitant of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, or its environs.
- noun The dialect of English spoken by Geordies.
- noun A formerly used British gold coin worth one pound and five pence; a guinea.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Scots, diminutive of George.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Scots, diminutive of George, after Saint George, whose image was once stamped on it.]
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