Dorian

¹

[dawr-ee-uhn, dohr-]

adjective

1. of or relating to the ancient Greek region of Doris or to the Dorians.

noun

1. a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.

Dorian

²

[dawr-ee-uhn, dohr-]

noun

1. a male or female given name.

Dorian

/ ˈdɔːrɪən /

noun

1. a member of a Hellenic people who invaded Greece around 1100 _bc , overthrew the Mycenaean civilization, and settled chiefly in the Peloponnese

adjective

1. of or relating to this people or their dialect of Ancient Greek; Doric

2. music of or relating to a mode represented by the ascending natural diatonic scale from D to D See also Hypo-

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dorian¹

1595–1605; < Latin Dōri ( us ) (< Greek Dṓrios Dorian) + -an

Example Sentences

“It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances,” wrote Oscar Wilde in “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”

From Los Angeles Times

New York Post reporter Dorian Gieger was on the scene and shared a statement from an unnamed witness.

From Salon

Snook won best leading actress in a play, for performing all 26 roles in a one-woman stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.

From BBC

“But I think in the aggregate, it’s something as you can normalize things with lineups and with minutes you can see. For example, our team, Dorian Finney-Smith impacts winning when he is on the court.”

From Los Angeles Times

Sarah Snook is the presumed front-runner in the lead actress in a play race for her solo tour de force in the multimedia extravaganza version of Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”

From Los Angeles Times