Dorian
1[ dawr-ee-uhn, dohr- ]
/ ˈdɔr i ən, ˈdoʊr- /
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adjective
of or relating to the ancient Greek region of Doris or to the Dorians.
noun
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.Compare Achaean (def. 5), Aeolian2 (def. 3), Ionian (def. 3).
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Dorian2
[ dawr-ee-uhn, dohr- ]
/ ˈdɔr i ən, ˈdoʊr- /
noun
a male or female given name.
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Dorian
/ (ˈdɔːrɪən) /
noun
a member of a Hellenic people who invaded Greece around 1100 bc, overthrew the Mycenaean civilization, and settled chiefly in the Peloponnese
adjective
of or relating to this people or their dialect of Ancient Greek; Doric
music of or relating to a mode represented by the ascending natural diatonic scale from D to DSee also Hypo-
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