greek

adjective

  1. 1

    of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language

    Greek mythology

    a Grecian robe

general

  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian. Greek calends. See under Calends. -- 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.

  2. 2

    A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.

  3. 3

    A swindler; a knave; a cheat. [Slang] Without a confederate the . . . game of baccarat does not . . . offer many chances for the Greek. Sat. Rev.

    Greek mythology

    a Grecian robe

  4. 4

    Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me. [Colloq.]

noun

  1. 1

    the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages

  2. 2

    a native or inhabitant of Greece

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