SAINT GEORGE

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• SAINT GEORGE (noun)
  The noun SAINT GEORGE has 1 sense:

1. Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

  Familiarity information: SAINT GEORGE used as a noun is very rare.

• SAINT GEORGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

George; Saint George; St. George

Instance hypernyms:

martyr (one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion)

patron saint (a saint who is considered to be a defender of some group or nation)

 Context examples 

“By Saint George!” cried Sir Hugh, “I have never seen signs of so stern a fight, and I am right glad that we have been in time to save you.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now order the ranks, and fling wide the banners, for our souls are God's and our bodies the king's, and our swords for Saint George and for England!

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On either side of the young prince rode the two seneschals of Aquitaine, Sir Guiscard d'Angle and Sir Stephen Cossington, the one bearing the banner of the province and the other that of Saint George.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)