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Adjective: Dorian  do-ree-un
  1. Of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture
Noun: Dorian  do-ree-un
  1. A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken in the southern and eastern Peloponnese, Crete, Rhodes, some islands in the southern Aegean Sea, some cities on the coasts of Asia Minor, Southern Italy, Sicily, Epirus and Macedon
     
  2. The ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC

Derived forms: Dorians

Type of: citizenry, Greek, Hellene, people

Encyclopedia: Dorian, Steven