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Dorian Common

Dorian has 6 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks

2

the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC

3

A member of the Dorians.

Adjective
1

of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture

2

Of or relating to the Dorians.

Proper Noun
1

A male given name from Ancient Greek, famously used by Oscar Wilde in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).

See Also
dorians hellenic dorian mode pelasgian doric doris hypodorian ephor
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
Greek citizenry
Rhyming Words
ian sian jian bian rian dian qian kian vian xian gian lian asian elian brian ilian apian arian avian chian
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