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Dorian

do·rian

UK/ˈdɔːɹiən/ US/ˈdɔriʌn/ fairly common

noun

1.

a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks

Origin

Constructed like the French Doriens. From the Latin root of Dōres + -ian. Compare Ancient Greek Δωριεύς (Dōrieús, “of Doris”).

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