Dorian

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dorian \Do"ri*an\, n.
     A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Dorian
       n : a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric
           Greeks