单词 | Dorian |
释义 | Dorian /dawr"ee euhn, dohr"-/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Doris or to the Dorians. n. 2. a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century B.C., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks. Cf. Achaean (def. 5), Aeolian (def. 2), Ionian (def. 4). [1595-1605; < L Dori(us) ( < Gk Dórios Dorian) + -AN] /dawr"ee euhn, dohr"-/, n. a male or female given name. |
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