Doris Definition

dôrĭs, dŏr-
noun
A feminine name.
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pronoun

(Greek mythology) The daughter of Oceanus, wife of Nereus and mother of fifty sea-nymphs or nereids.

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A female given name, taken to regular use at the end of the 19th century.
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(UK, slang) One's girl friend, wife or significant other.

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adjective

(Cockney rhyming slang) Gay.

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Origin of Doris

  • From the name of famous film star Doris Day; (Cockney rhyming slang).

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  • The feminine form of Doric.

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Doris Sentence Examples

  • E. Hotchner, as told to him by Doris Day herself.

  • My aunt; my great aunt Doris; she told me!

  • Where the modification is carried to its extreme degree, not only the shell but the pallial cavity, ctenidium and visceral hump disappear, and the body acquires a simple elongated form and a secondary external symmetry, as in Pterotrachaea and in Doris, Eolis, and other Nudibranchia.

  • C, Doris (Actinocyclus) tuberculatus (Cuv.), seen from the pedal surface.

  • In 457 an attempt to extend their influence to the head waters of the Cephissus in the territory of Doris brought a Spartan army into Phocis in defence of the "metropolis of the Dorians."

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Words Starting With

DDODOR

Words Ending With

SISRIS

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Doris

Words Starting With D and Ending With S

Starts With D & Ends With SStarts With DO & Ends With SStarts With D & Ends With IS

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5 Letter Words5 Letter Words Starting With D5 Letter Words Ending With S