TROJAN HORSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Trojan Horse mean? 

• TROJAN HORSE (noun)
  The noun TROJAN HORSE has 3 senses:

1. a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst

2. a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful

3. a large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War

  Familiarity information: TROJAN HORSE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROJAN HORSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

fifth column; Trojan horse

Hypernyms ("Trojan horse" is a kind of...):

social unit; unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group)

Meronyms (members of "Trojan horse"):

fifth columnist; saboteur (a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

trojan; trojan horse

Context example:

when he downloaded the free game it turned out to be a trojan horse

Hypernyms ("trojan horse" is a kind of...):

malevolent program (a computer program designed to have undesirable or harmful effects)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A large hollow wooden figure of a horse (filled with Greek soldiers) left by the Greeks outside Troy during the Trojan War

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Trojan Horse; Wooden Horse

Instance hypernyms:

figure (a model of a bodily form (especially of a person))

Domain region:

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)