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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.
3. Noun. The ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC.
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