Trojan
[troh-juh n]
- of or relating to ancient Troy or its inhabitants.
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- a native or inhabitant of Troy.
- a person who shows pluck, determination, or energy: to work like a Trojan.
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Origin of Trojan
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Contemporary Examples
Sabet says the Florida ballot measure was a Trojan Horse for legalization and voters were seeing it for what it was.
It offered education and moral guidance inside the Trojan horse of entertainment.
In Moscow there was even a nickname given to the convoy: Trojan Horse, according to the radio station Echo of Moscow.
Is Moscow's aid convoy to eastern Ukraine the real thing, or a Trojan horse preparing the way for more war?
Call them Trojan horse foods: nutritiously pleasing ingredients (oats, yogurts) that conceal a whole host of junk.
Historical Examples
The walls of this room were painted with scenes from the Trojan war.
Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, MycenaeJennie Hall
These may have been worn by King Agamemnon, or by the Trojan warriors.
Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, MycenaeJennie Hall
Somehow he's mighty familiar; but surely I'd never forget an old Trojan like that.
Mixed FacesRoy Norton
Your horse may be a Trojan, my friend, but by this time he's a tired Trojan!
The Long RollMary Johnston
Let him also choose twenty Trojan women, who may be fairest next to Argive Helen.
Trojan
- a native or inhabitant of ancient Troy
- a person who is hard-working and determined
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- of or relating to ancient Troy or its inhabitants
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Word Origin and History for trojan
Trojan
adj.
Old English Troian "of or pertaining to ancient Troy," from Latin Trojanus, from Troia, Troja "Troy," from Greek Tros, name of a king of Phrygia, the mythical founder of Troy. In 17c., it was a colloquial term for "person of dissolute life, carousing companion." The trade name for a brand of prophylactic contraceptive was registered 1927 in U.S. Trojan horse is attested from 1570s; the computer virus sense is attested by 1982.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with trojan
Trojan
see under work like a beaver (trojan).
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