"Georg" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Georgs [plural]
Etymology: From Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Georg, from Latin Geōrgius. The slang sense is from Spiders Georg. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|da,et,fo,de,is,no,sv|Georg}} Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Georg, {{der|en|la|Geōrgius}} Latin Geōrgius Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Georg (plural Georgs)
  1. A male given name, a Scandinavian and continental Germanic variant of George.
    Sense id: en-Georg-en-name-RR9zqP46 Categories (other): English given names, English male given names
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.
    Sense id: en-Georg-en-name-7rrtY8Fk Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 56 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 25 64 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 69 9
  3. (Internet slang) A notional individual who has, eats, or does an extremely large number of a specified thing, skewing statistical averages. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-Georg-en-name-7Ik5H--H
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