George vs Gerry - What's the difference?
george | gerry |
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* ~1594 William Shakespeare: Richard III : Act V, Scene III:
* 1830 (Mary Russell Mitford), Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
* 1977 (Joyce Grenfell), Nursery School:
or Georgia; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).
* 1942 (Enid Blyton), ''(Five on a Treasure Island), Brockhampton Press (1974), ISBN 0340174927, page 18:
(slang, archaic) A coin with King George's profile.
A diminutive of the male given names Gerald and Gerard.
A diminutive of the female given name Geraldine.
English diminutives of male given names
English diminutives of female given names
As proper nouns the difference between george and gerry
is that george is while gerry is a diminutive of the male given names gerald and gerard.As a noun george
is (slang|archaic) a coin with king george's profile.george
English
(wikipedia George)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Our ancient word of courage, fair Saint George , / Inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons!
- George and Charles are unlucky in this respect; they have no diminutives, and what a mouthful of monosyllables they are! names royal too, and therefore unshortened. A king must be of a very rare class who could afford to be called by shorthand;
- George ... don't do that!
- 'No,' she said, 'I'm not Georgina.' 'Oh!' said Anne, in surprise. 'Then who are you?' 'I'm George',' said the girl. 'I shall only answer if you call me ' George . I hate being a girl.'
Derived terms
* (abbreviation)Noun
(en noun)- Take the Georges , Pew, and don’t stand here squalling. — Robert Louis Stevenson.