What is a synonym for "dorian"?

Common synonyms include: doric.

Dorian

//ˈdɔːɹiən// adj, name, noun

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Noun

1
A member of the Dorians.
2
Obsolete spelling of durian. alt-of, obsolete
3
the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC wordnet
4
a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken in the southern and eastern Peloponnese, Crete, Rhodes, some islands in the southern Aegean Sea, some cities on the coasts of Asia Minor, Southern Italy, Sicily, Epirus and Macedon wordnet

Adjective

1
Of or relating to the Dorians.
2
Homosexual, gay; preferring exclusively men as romantic or sexual partners; male counterpart of lesbian.
"while the [Dorian] love of males for males in Greece obtained moralisation, and reached the high position of a recognised social function, the [Lesbian] love of female for female remained undeveloped and unhonoured"
3
Of or relating to the oceanid Doris in Greek mythology.
4
Of or relating to the asteroid (48) Doris.

Adjective

1
of or relating to the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris, to their Doric dialect of Greek, or to their culture wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A male given name from Ancient Greek, famously used by Oscar Wilde in his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).
2
A female given name.

"Muiriel has promised me that if I read the book "The Picture of Dorian Gray" entirely in English, she will help me with my math homework."

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

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