Dardan
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Dardan
First recorded in 1600–10
Example Sentences
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The Dardan rowers would have been distanced here.
From The Rifle Rangers by Reid, Mayne
She spake; sad Anna to the Dardan bears Her piteous plea.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Straight the Dardan train Shout for their champion, and his claim sustain.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
Yea, twice hath the Sire Uplifted his hand and downcast it On the wall of the Dardan, downcast it As a sword and as fire.
From The Trojan Women of Euripedes by Euripedes
In those first days when he began to doubt the Dardan might, Having the leaguered walls of Troy for ever in his sight.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William
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