Main Entry: Do·ri·an

Pronunciation: \ˈdȯr-ē-ən\

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin Dorius of Doris, from Greek dōrios, from Dōris, region of ancient Greece

Date: 1662

: a member of an ancient Hellenic race that completed the overthrow of Mycenaean civilization and settled especially in the Peloponnisos and Crete

— Dorian adjective