dorian

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dorian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dorian \Do"ri*an\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric;
        as, a Dorian fashion.
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     2. (Mus.) Same as Doric, 3. "Dorian mood." --Milton.
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     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.
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  Dorian \Do"ri*an\, n.
     A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.
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dorian - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Dorian
      adj 1: of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris,
             to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture
      n 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