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Dorian

1

[dawr-ee-uhn, dohr-]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the ancient Greek region of Doris or to the Dorians.



noun

  1. a member of a people who entered Greece about the 12th century b.c., conquered the Peloponnesus, and destroyed the Mycenaean culture: one of the four main divisions of the prehistoric Greeks.

Dorian

2

[dawr-ee-uhn, dohr-]

noun

  1. a male or female given name.

Dorian

/ ˈɔːɪə /

noun

  1. a member of a Hellenic people who invaded Greece around 1100 bc , overthrew the Mycenaean civilization, and settled chiefly in the Peloponnese

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to this people or their dialect of Ancient Greek; Doric

  2. music of or relating to a mode represented by the ascending natural diatonic scale from D to D See also Hypo-

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Dorian1

1595–1605; < Latin ō ( us ) (< Greek ṓrDz Dorian) + -an
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Snook won best leading actress in a play, for performing all 26 roles in a one-woman stage adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.

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“But I think in the aggregate, it’s something as you can normalize things with lineups and with minutes you can see. For example, our team, Dorian Finney-Smith impacts winning when he is on the court.”

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Sarah Snook is the presumed front-runner in the lead actress in a play race for her solo tour de force in the multimedia extravaganza version of Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”

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Dorian Finney-Smith, about to be 32, has become a favorite in the locker room.

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“They were just the better team this series, to be honest,” said Dorian Finney-Smith.

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