Definition of Dorian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture.

Partainyms: Doris

2. Noun. A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Generic synonyms: Greek, Hellene

3. Noun. The ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC.
Generic synonyms: Citizenry, People

Definition of Dorian

1. a. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion.

2. n. A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.

Definition of Dorian

1. Adjective. of or relating to the Dorians ¹

2. Noun. a member of the Dorians ¹

3. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek male given name), apparently first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' (1891). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dorian

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Dopson
Dora
Dorado
Dorcas
Dorcha
Dorchester
Dordogne
Dore
Doreen
Dorello's canal
Dorendorf's sign
Dorey
Dorian
Dorian mode
Dorian order
Dorians
Doric
Doric order
Doricism
Doricisms
Dorick
Doriden
Dorinda
Doris
Doris Lessing
Doris May Lessing
Dorism

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