Dorian

Definition: Dorian

Dorian

Noun

1. A member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.

Date "Dorian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references)

Crosswords: Dorian

English words defined with "Dorian": Gregorian modes. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Dorian": Pentapolis, Pyrrhic Dance. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Dorian

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The Dorians were a people from Macedonia, Northwest Greece, and Epirus that invaded Greece in about 1100 BC. Their invasion was partly responsible for the subsequent Greek Dark Ages.

According to myth, they are named for the district of Doris in Greece. Their leaders were said to have been the Heracleidae, the sons of the legendry hero Heracles (also called 'Hercules'). However, there is no real evidence for this and their true origins are shrouded in mystery. Very few records are available from this period of history. The most famous of Dorian groups were the Spartans, whose austere and martial lifestyle was much admired and feared.

There was a Doric dialect of the Greek language, as well as a Doric column in architecture and a Dorian mode in music (see also guitar chord roots). The column was noted for its simplicity and strength, the music for its martial qualities. The Doric dialect was spoken early in Classical Greece. In later periods other dialects predominated, most notably the Attic.

The Doric column is still widely used today, particularly in government buildings and other large edifices. See the Doric order.

External Link

http://emuseum.mnsu.edu/prehistory/aegean/theculturesofgreece/dorians.html

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dorian."

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Modern Usage: Dorian

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Rise and shine, Dr. Dorian! (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken)
Movie/TV Titles	Un certain Richard Dorian (1973) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973) Dorian Gray (1970) The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (1917)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Dorian

Domain	Title
Books	Dorian (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	The Oscar Wilde Collection (The Importance of Being Earnest / The Picture of Dorian Gray / An Ideal Husband / Lady Windermere's Fan) (reference) Oscar Wilde Collection (The Importance of Being Earnest / The Picture of Dorian Gray / An Ideal Husband / Lady Windermere's Fan) (reference) The Dan Curtis Macabre Collection (Dracula (1973) / The Turn of the Screw (1974) / Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968) / The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)) (reference) The Picture of Dorian Gray (reference) Sins of Dorian Gray (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Christmas Gift: A Dorian Holiday Celebration (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Dorian

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A portrait of Richard Milhous, with apologies to Oscar Wilde and Dorian Gray. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Dorian

"Dorian" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 79.19% of the time. "Dorian" is used about 173 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	79.19%	137	27,138
Noun (proper)	10.4%	18	82,615
Noun (singular)	10.4%	18	82,615
Total	100.00%	173	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Dorian

The following table summarizes the usage of "Dorian" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Dorian	First name Female	2,000	2,165
Dorian	First name Male	6,000	870
Dorian	Last name	200	38,171
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Dorian

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "Dorian".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Doris	Female	German	A Dorian woman
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Dorian

Expression using "Dorian": Dorian mode. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "Dorian": anti-dorian, non-dorian, pre-dorian.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dorian

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
dorian gray	575	dorian grey portrait	10
dorian grey	290	dorian grey who	10
dorian yates	224	dorian gray oscar picture wilde	10
cleavenger dorian	133	dorian raquel	10
dorian	119	art dorian	10
the picture of dorian gray	112	cleavanger dorian	8
dorian gregory	58	dorian mode	8
shane dorian	38	dorian invasion	7
el retrato de dorian gray	28	clevenger dorian	7
angela dorian	26	dorian harewood	7
the picture of dorian grey	25	dorian scale	7
dorian gray portrait	24	dorian pic yates	7
dorian gray who	21	dorian gray picture wilde	6
dorian tool	17	picture of dorian gray essay	6
dorian gray summary	17	dorian studio	6
antonia dorian	14	di dorian gray il ritratto	6
dorian ford	12	dorian extraordinary gentleman gray league	6
dorian grant	12	dorian photo yates	6
picture of dorian gray summary	11	the picture of dorian gray movie	5
dorian picture yates	11	dorian robin	5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Dorian

Language		Translations for "Dorian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		Dories (Doric). (various references)

Albanian		dorik (doric). (various references)

Arabic		‏دورى (doric). (various references)

Bulgarian		дорийски (doric), дориец. (various references)

Chinese		多利安人. (various references)

Dutch		Dorisch (Doric). (various references)

Esperanto		dorika (Doric). (various references)

Finnish		doorilainen (Doric). (various references)

French		dorique (Doric). (various references)

Hungarian		dór stílus, dór (doric). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ドラ息子 (being pegged to the dollar, Dolby, Dolby surround, dolce, dolcissimo, Doline, doll, dollar, dollar clause, dollar peg, dollar shift, dollar shock, dollar shop, dollar usance, dolly, dolman sleeve, dolmen, dolphin kick, doria, Dortmund, dream, dreamer, dreaming, dreamy, dribble, drifter, drill, drink, drip coffee, driven, durian, lazy son, profligate son). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ドリアン (durian). (various references)

Manx		Dorianagh, Doaragh (Doric). (various references)

Pig Latin		orianday

Portuguese		dório, dórico (doric), dórica (Doric). (various references)

Russian		дорический (doric), дориец. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		dorski (doric), dorijan. (various references)

Spanish		dorio. (various references)

Swedish		dorisk (doric), dorier, dorer. (various references)

Turkish		dorlara ait (doric), doris'li kimse, doris'e ait. (various references)

Ukrainian		дорі�"ць, дорійський (doric). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Dorian

Misspellings
	"Dorian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: darian, Darina, Deresan, derian, Dojran, Dolina, Doradan, D'orcia, Dorean, doreian, Dorgan, D'organo, Doriano, D'orient, Dorin, Dorina, Doriot, Dorji, Dormia, Dorota, dorrian, Dorrie, Dorrien, Dosia, Dromina, Drouin, dvoryane, korhian, Lorigan, Odria, orian, Torriano. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Dorian

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: inroad, ordain.
	Words within the letters "a-d-i-n-o-r"
	-1 letter: adorn, aroid, danio, dinar, drain, nadir, noria, radio, radon, ranid.
	-2 letters: airn, arid, darn, dona, inro, iron, naoi, nard, nodi, noir, nori, orad, raid, rain, rand, rani, rind, road, roan.
	-3 letters: ado, aid, ain, air, and, ani, din, don, dor, ion, nod, nor, oar, ora, rad, ran, ria, rid, rin, rod.
	-4 letters: ad, ai.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-i-n-o-r"
	+1 letter: adoring, andiron, android, aneroid, diatron, inboard, inroads, ordains, ordinal, padroni, poniard, sadiron.
	+2 letters: adorning, airbound, andirons, androids, aneroids, antidora, arointed, boarding, braconid, cancroid, cordwain, debonair, diatrons, dinosaur, doornail, draconic, duration, fricando, hadronic, hoarding, inboards, intrados, ironclad, nondairy, ordained, ordainer, ordinals, ordinand, ordinary, ordinate, organdie, paranoid, poniards, pyranoid, radioing, radioman, radiomen, raindrop, rationed, reordain, rhodamin, rigadoon, rigaudon, sadirons, sardonic, tandoori, tornadic, trinodal.
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