from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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
from
The 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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