Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dorian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dorian \Do"ri*an\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks of Doris; Doric;
as, a Dorian fashion.
2. (Mus.) Same as {Doric}, 3. ``Dorian mood.'' --Milton.
{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dorian \Do"ri*an\, n.
A native or inhabitant of Doris in Greece.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Dorian
n : a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric
Greeks [syn: {Dorian}]
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