Trojan
Americanadjective
noun
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Trojans
plural
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a native or inhabitant of Troy.
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a person who shows pluck, determination, or energy.
to work like a Trojan.
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Computers. Trojan horse.
noun
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a native or inhabitant of ancient Troy
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a person who is hard-working and determined
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of Trojan
First recorded in 1350–75; Middle English Troyan, Troian, from Latin Trōjānus, equivalent to Trōj(a) + -ānus adjective suffix; see Troy, -an
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Based on Homer's epic, Nolan's film retraces the hero Odysseus in a perilous journey to his home on the island of Ithaca after the Trojan War in the 12th century BCE.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Such entrepreneurial packaging serves as a Trojan horse for scammers wanting to set up shop without drawing unwanted attention – and allows them to perpetrate their fraud more effectively.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
You catch a glimpse of it in the two-part NBC special from 1997 in which Armand Assante’s Odysseus rescues a Trojan toddler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
It better be at this point, considering all that USC has invested in Riley and his total teardown and rebuild of the Trojan football program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Once the all-purpose solution, Washington was now the still-potent problem, a kind of Trojan horse planted squarely in the Virginia fortress.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Saturday, though, marked the smallest home crowd at USC since late in the 2018 season, when the Trojans had their worst finish for the program in a quarter century, under former coach Clay Helton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
As if universal laws don’t apply to the Trojans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
But arguably the most encouraging results for USC came on the defensive end, where, for one half at least, Gary Patterson’s unit stood strong in his debut as Trojans defensive coordinator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
San José State played USC a lot closer after that, actually outscoring the Trojans 26-14 in the second half.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
She made the most powerful peoples of the country, the Latins and the Rutulians, fiercely opposed to the Trojans settling there.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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