Dorian Definition

dôrē-ən
noun
A native of Doris; member of one of the four main peoples of ancient Greece.
Webster's New World
A member of the Dorians.
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adjective

Doric.

Webster's New World
Of or relating to the Dorians.
Wiktionary
pronoun
A male given name, apparently first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).
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Origin of Dorian

  • Latin Dōriānus from Dōrius from Greek Dōrios from Dōris Doris

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Dorian Sentence Examples

  • The fate of the Dorian invaders was represented as differing locally.

  • Whatever the racial affinities of the early inhabitants may have been, it is certain that in historic times Rhodes was occupied by a Dorian population, reputed to have emigrated mainly from Argos subsequently to the "Dorian invasion" of Greece.

  • In favour of Ageladas it may be said that the influence of the many Dorian schools is certainly to be traced in some of his work.

  • The three cities founded by these settlers - Lindus, Ialysus and Camirusbelonged to the "League of Six Cities," by which the Dorian colonists in Asia Minor sought to protect themselves against the barbarians of the neighbouring mainland.

  • Although of Dorian stock, he wrote in the Ionic dialect, like all the physiologi (physical philosophers).

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Words Starting With

DDODOR

Words Ending With

NANIAN

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Dorian

Words Starting With D and Ending With N

Starts With D & Ends With NStarts With DO & Ends With NStarts With D & Ends With AN

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With N