DORIAN

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• DORIAN (noun)
  The noun DORIAN has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: DORIAN used as a noun is rare.

• DORIAN (adjective)
  The adjective DORIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture

  Familiarity information: DORIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

• DORIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Dorian" is a kind of...):

Greek; Hellene (a native or inhabitant of Greece)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Dorian" is a kind of...):

citizenry; people (the body of citizens of a state or country)

• DORIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Doris (a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was spoken)

 Context examples 

Using real time imaging, Dorian McGavern, Ph.D., National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), scientist and his colleagues took a detailed look at mouse meningeal macrophages, which are immune cells that live in the meninges, the protective layers covering the brain and spinal cord.

(Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining, National Institutes of Health)