Grecian /ˈɡɹiːʃn̩/noun 5adjective 1forms 1 noun5 •A senior pupil at Christ's Hospital School in West Sussex, England. •(no longer used) A native or inhabitant of Greece. •(no longer used) One well versed in the Greek language; a scholar of Greek.I spoke of Mr. Harris, of Salisbury, as being a very learned man, and in particular an eminent Grecian. — 1791 •(no longer used) A Jew who spoke Greek; a Hellenist. •(slang, no longer used) An Irish labourer newly arrived on the British mainland. adjective1 •(literary) Greek (of or from Greece or the Greek people, especially those of Ancient Greece).He was a young man with a scornful mouth and the bright blue eyes of a healthy baby set in a dark sensitive face. His hair was pitch black, damp and curly—the hair of a Grecian statue gone brunette. — 1920 formsGrecians
