n.
Pronunciation: ' do ̇ r- ē - ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin Dorius of Doris, from Greek d ō rios, from D ō ris, 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