Dorian

[ dawr-ee-uh n, dohr- ]

/ ˈdɔr i ən, ˈdoʊr- /

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), Aeolian(def 2), Ionian(def 3).

Origin of Dorian

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

Definition for dorian (2 of 2)

Dorian

[ dawr-ee-uh n, dohr- ]

/ ˈdɔr i ən, ˈdoʊr- /

noun

a male or female given name.

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Examples from the Web for dorian

Brown and his friend Dorian Johnson were going down the middle of the block for everyone to see.
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Just so with Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, whose identity seems increasingly lost in a cyber thicket that no one can penetrate.
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Once Kennex and Dorian are paired, the pilot spends the rest of the time trying to sell us this odd couple as a duo.
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The show also provides several moments for Dorian to prove his usefulness to Kennex.
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Philip Michael Thomas played Stix, and Dorian Harewood played Levi.
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"I should think any one would miss you," says Dorian, impulsively.
Faith and Unfaith|Duchess
In talk he often alluded laughingly to John Gray as his hero, "Dorian."
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She kept her lids lowered persistently, not daring to meet Dorian's ardent gaze.
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In naming these scales a mistake was made, that upon re being called the Dorian, and all the other names being applied improperly.
A Popular History of the Art of Music|W. S. B. Mathews
This importation corresponds perhaps with the Dorian invasion of the Peloponnesus.
The Races of Man|Joseph Deniker

British Dictionary definitions for dorian

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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