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Gabby
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proper noun (given=yes)
  1. Short form of the given names Gabriel (male) or Gabrielle (female).
Gabriel
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proper noun m
  1. (given name, male, ) ;an English surname.
  2. An archangel associated with carrying messages from God
  3. (Islam) an angel associated with the revelation of the Qur'an
Gaby
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noun (given=yes)
  1. Short form of the female given name Gabrielle.
Gail
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female), pet name of Abigail
gale
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noun
  1. A strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through 9 winds on the 12 step Beaufort scale.
  2. An outburst, especially of laughter.
a of laughter
  1. A shrub, sweet gale (Myrica gale) growing on moors and fens.
  2. (archaic) A light breeze.
  3. (archaic) A periodic payment, such as is made of a rent or annuity.
Gale day - the day on which rent or interest is due. Definition from 1913 Webster.
Garfield
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proper noun
  1. An English surname, thought to be habitational
  2. w:James Garfield, James Garfield the 20th President of the United States (1831-1881)
  3. a comic strip character
Garland
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proper noun
  1. A large suburb of Dallas, Texas (USA)
Garrett
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proper noun
  1. A surname derived from the medieval English form of Germanic given names Gerard or Gerald.
  2. (given name, male), transferred use of the surname, or in Ireland directly from Gerard.
garth
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noun
  1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters
  2. A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in northern England
    1. (context, paganism) A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith Heathenry.
    2. (context, paganism) A word for a location or sacred space, as used in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry .
Gary
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male).
Gavin
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male)
  2. A surname derived from the given name, in Ireland anglicized from its Gaelic equivalents í“ Gí¡bhí¡in or í“ Gí¡ibhí­n.
Gay
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female, )
  2. (given name, male, ). Sometimes a shortened form of Gabriel.
  3. An English surname.
Gaylord
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proper noun
  1. An American surname.
  2. (given name, male), transferred use of the surname, reinforced by the folk etymology "gay lord", e.g a character in the musical Show Boat (1927). Rarely used after the 1960s because of the modern meaning of gay.
Geneva
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proper noun
  1. A city in Switzerland.
  2. A canton of Switzerland, having Geneva as its capital.
  3. Largest lake in Switzerland.
  4. (given name, female), from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra.
Geoffrey
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male).
George
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male).
  2. (slang), (archaic) A coin with King George"s profile.
Take the Georges, Pew, and don"t stand here squalling. — Robert Louis Stevenson.
Georgia
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proper noun
  1. A country in West Asia or East Europe. Official name: Georgia. Capital: Tbilisi.
  2. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Atlanta.
  3. A female given name.
Gerald
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male)
Geraldine
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female), derived from Gerald.
Germaine
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proper noun
  1. A surname, a variant of Germain
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname
Gertrude
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female).
Gibson
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noun
  1. A cocktail; a dry martini with a small white onion.
  2. A hacker or crackers primary target during a malicious computer hack. The Gibson is usually the most important system in a network.
proper noun
  1. An English and Scottish patronymic surname, from Gibb.
  2. A manufacturer of acoustic and electric guitars.
GIDEON
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initialism
  1. w:GIDEON-Global Infectious Disease Epidemiology Network, Global Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology Network - medical decision support tool
gill
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noun (rfc-level, Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section)
  1. The breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
  2. One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, on the surface of which the spore-producing organs are borne.
Gillian
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female, ), medieval variant of Julian and Juliana, revived and quite popular in Britain in the mid-twentieth century.
Gina
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female), diminutive of Georgina and Regina.
ginger
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noun
  1. Any plant of a genus (Zingiber, especially Zingiber officinale) of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian herbs of a family (Zingiberaceae, the ginger family) with pungent aromatic rhizomes used as a condiment and as a stimulant and acarminative.
  2. The rhizome of this plant used as a spice either as it is or in dried powdered form.
  3. (colour) A reddish-brown colour/color.
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    1. (context, colloquial, derogatory) A person with reddish-brown hair.
verb to ginger
  1. to treat with care
adjective ((compar) more ginger, (superl) most ginger)
  1. (used to describe hair) Of a reddish-brown colour.
  2. flavoured with ginger.
  3. (context, Cockney rhyming slang, derogatory) Queer (ie, homosexual) (short for ginger beer, rhyming with queer).
Ginny
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female), a diminutive of Virginia.
Gladys
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female) derived from the Welsh Gwladus,of uncertain origin, associated with Claudia
Glen
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proper noun
  1. a Scottish habitational surname for someone who lives in a valley
  2. an English and Scottish male given name, derived from the surname
Glenn
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proper noun
  1. An English and Scottish male given name; a variant of Glen
Gloria
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female)
Godfrey
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male)
Gordon
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proper noun
  1. A Scottish surname and clan name derived from a place name, of uncertain meaning.
  2. (given name, male), transferred use of the surname since nineteenth century.
Grace
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female) from the noun grace
graham
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noun
  1. flour made by grinding the wheat berry including the bran
Greg
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proper noun
  1. an English and Scottish male given name, diminutive of Gregory or Gregor (and sometimes derived from the surname Greig)
Gregory
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male).
Gretchen
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female) of German origin; a pet form of Margaret.
  2. Heroine of the play Faust by Goethe.
Griffin
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male) derived from Griffinus, a latinized form of Griffith.
Griffith
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proper noun
  1. A Welsh male given name, Anglicized from Gruffudd
Griselda
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proper noun
  1. A female given name of Germanic origin
Guido
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proper noun
  1. A male given name of Italian origin. English equivalent: Guy
Guinevere
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proper noun
  1. (given name, female, from Welsh, ) of Welsh origin.
    1. In Arthurian legend, the wife of King Arthur.
Gus
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proper noun
  1. (given name, male)
Guy
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noun
  1. (British) An effigy of w:Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes burned on Bonfire Night
proper noun
  1. (given name, male).
Gwen
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proper noun
  1. an English female given name, shortened from Gwendolen or Guinevere
  2. a Welsh female given name, the feminine form of Gwyn
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