Farmer George

Farmer George
a popular name for King George III in the drawings of the political cartoonist James Gillray. His pictures showing the king as a rude, uneducated farmer were very popular at the time, and many people referred to the king as Farmer George. George is now often thought of as a typical name for any farmer.

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