Dorian (Noun)
Meaning 1
The ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Dorian dialect spread throughout the Mediterranean region as a result of Greek colonization.
- The Dorian people placed great emphasis on military prowess and courage.
- Archaeological evidence suggests that the Dorians inhabited the Peloponnese region from around 1000 BCE.
- In Doric Greek, the native language of the Dorians, the verb conjugations were quite complex.
- Ancient historians often depicted the Dorians as brutal and uncivilized, but this portrayal may have been biased.