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1. (n.) Dorian
a member of a Greek people or group of peoples who overran most of W Greece and the Peloponnesus in the 12th century b.c. , bringing Mycenaean culture to an end.
2. (adj.) Dorian
of or pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Doris or to the Dorians.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L Dōri(us) (< Gk DṒrios Dorian) + -an1)
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1. (noun) Dorian
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
2. (adj) Dorian
the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC
3. (adj) Dorian
of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture
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1. (adj) dorian
of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric; as, a Dorian fashion
2. (adj) dorian
same as Doric, 3
3. (noun) dorian
a native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece
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