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Webster 1913 Edition
Dorian
Do′ri-an
,Adj.
1.
Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric;
as, a
. Dorian
fashion2.
(Mus.)
Same as
“Dorian mood.” Doric
, 3. Milton.
Dorian mode
(Mus.)
, the first of the authentic church modes or tones, from D to D, resembling our D minor scale, but with the B natural.
Grove.
Do′ri-an
,Noun.
A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dorian
DORIAN
,Adj.
Definition 2024
Dorian
Dorian
English
Adjective
Dorian (comparative more Dorian, superlative most Dorian)
- of or relating to the Dorians
Noun
Dorian (plural Dorians)
- a member of the Dorians
Translations
Proper noun
Dorian
- A male given name, apparently first used by Oscar Wilde in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).