George

Origin: Name of an early saint, from , from , from , from farmer, earth worker, from earth (combining form γεω-) + work . The aircraft autopilot sense is probably from George DeBeeson, who patented an early (1931) autopilot system, and/or a reference to the expression let George do it. The Pullman porter sense derives from George Pullman, who hired Black people to staff his sleeping cars, and the patrons of the service seeing the Black people as servants of George Porter, much like how a slave was named after the master. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).